Vilém Kurz

His students included his daughter Ilona Štěpánová-Kurzová, Rudolf Firkušný, Eduard Steuermann, Artur Rodziński, Břetislav Bakala, Pavel Štěpán, Stanislav Heller, František Maxián, Gidéon Klein, Rafael Schächter, Stefania Turkewich, Ilja Hurník, and Pavel Šivic.

[1] His teaching methods were largely based on those of Theodor Leschetizky and his pupils he met during the time he taught in Lviv.

[2] Kurz is known for his reworking of the solo part of Antonín Dvořák's Piano Concerto in G minor, Op.

[3] In 1919, Ilona Kurzová played the first performance of the Kurz version of the concerto, conducted by Václav Talich.

Supraphon, the Czech recording company, issued a compact disc on which Ivan Moravec plays the Kurz version, with the Czech Philharmonic conducted by Jiří Bělohlávek, while Radoslav Kvapil plays the composer's original score, with the Brno Philharmonic Orchestra under František Jílek.