Zuzana Ružicková
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Zuzana Růžičková is a famous Jewish Czech contemporary harpsichordist
, an interpreter of classical and baroque music.
Růžičková studied music but during 1941–45 she was sent to a Nazi concentration camp
. Afterwards she continued the study at music school in Plzeň and Prague
. Since 1951 she taught at the musical academy in Prague (AMU, since 1990 as professor), her students: Giedre Luksaite-Mrazkova
, Jaroslav Tůma
etc. During 1978–82 she taught at musical academy in Bratislava
. She recorded 65 albums (among them complete harpsichord (cembalo) works of Johann Sebastian Bach
). Her husband Viktor Kalabis
was a composer.
Harpsichordist
A harpsichordist is a person who plays the harpsichord.Many baroque composers played the harpsichord, including Johann Sebastian Bach, Domenico Scarlatti, George Frideric Handel, François Couperin and Jean-Philippe Rameau...
, an interpreter of classical and baroque music.
Růžičková studied music but during 1941–45 she was sent to a Nazi concentration camp
Nazi concentration camps
Nazi Germany maintained concentration camps throughout the territories it controlled. The first Nazi concentration camps set up in Germany were greatly expanded after the Reichstag fire of 1933, and were intended to hold political prisoners and opponents of the regime...
. Afterwards she continued the study at music school in Plzeň and Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
. Since 1951 she taught at the musical academy in Prague (AMU, since 1990 as professor), her students: Giedre Luksaite-Mrazkova
Giedrė Lukšaitė-Mrázková
Giedrė Lukšaitė - Mrázková is a Czech harpsichordist and organist.Giedre Luksaite-Mrazkova studied organ and piano at the Musical Academy in Vilnius, and at the P. I. Tchaikovsky State Conservatory in Moscow. She completed study at the Musical College of Academy of Performing Arts in Prague in...
, Jaroslav Tůma
Jaroslav Tuma
Jaroslav Tůma is a Czech Organist.This organist, clavichord, harpsichordist and pianoforte player graduated from the Prague Conservatory and from the Faculty of Music of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague...
etc. During 1978–82 she taught at musical academy in Bratislava
Bratislava
Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia and, with a population of about 431,000, also the country's largest city. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia on both banks of the Danube River. Bordering Austria and Hungary, it is the only national capital that borders two independent countries.Bratislava...
. She recorded 65 albums (among them complete harpsichord (cembalo) works of Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity...
). Her husband Viktor Kalabis
Viktor Kalabis
-Life:Born in Červený Kostelec, a town in the Czech Republic, on February 27, 1923, Kalabis was an important 20th century Czech composer. Viktor was interested in music from a young age, but due to the Nazi occupation of Prague during the Second World War, he was unable to study music in Prague...
was a composer.