Frida Kern
Frida core ( born March 9, 1891 in Vienna, † December 23, 1988 in Linz) was an Austrian composer and conductor.
Frida, born Seitz, was the oldest of four siblings and moved in 1896 with her parents, William and Hermione Seitz 1896 to Linz and married there in 1909 at the age of 18 years, the bank official Max core. After recovery from typhoid fever, she began to study at the Music Academy in Vienna with financial support from their parents from 1912 to 1914. In 1923 she continued her musical studies continued at Franz Schmidt (composition) and Robert Heger (conducting). Other teachers were Dirk Fock, Eusebius Mandyczewski and Alexander miracle. In 1927, she graduated with the exam from in composition and conductor compartment and subsequently worked as a freelance composer. She founded a ladies' orchestra, with which they went on tour through Europe and North Africa. The composed of her works have been played on the radio and at concerts.
The period of National Socialism had no negative effect on her career from - in 1942 she was awarded the Gaukulturpreis Upper Danube and in 1943 she was appointed as a lecturer at the University of Vienna.
When she was rehabilitated after the war she was awarded the title of professor in 1960 and became Vice President of the Upper Austria. Artists Association. She was, inter alia, also a member of the Artist Guild Innviertler.