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Zuzana Růžičková
1927–2017
- Nationality
- Czech Republic
- Occupation
- harpsichordist
Zuzana RůžiÄková (Czech pronunciation: [Ëzuzana ËruËÊɪtÊkovaË]; 14 January 1927 â 27 September 2017) was a Czech harpsichordist.
Incarceration history
Facilities
- Bergen-Belsen concentration campDates unknown
- Bergen-Belsen concentration campDates unknown
- Zigeunerlager AuschwitzDates unknown
- Neuengamme concentration campDates unknown
Biography
Zuzana RůžiÄková (Czech pronunciation: [Ëzuzana ËruËÊɪtÊkovaË]; 14 January 1927 â 27 September 2017) was a Czech harpsichordist. An interpreter of classical and baroque music, RůžiÄková was the first harpsichordist to record Johann Sebastian Bach's complete works for keyboard, in recordings made in the 1960s and 1970s for Erato Records. As a teenager, RůžiÄková was imprisoned in the Nazi concentration camps of TerezÃn and Auschwitz and transported to the Bergen-Belsen death camp. After the camp's liberation in April 1945, she returned to PlzeÅ later that year. RůžiÄková was the wife of Czech composer Viktor Kalabis. The couple both refused to join the Czechoslovak Communist Party which held power from 1948 to 1989, and faced political persecution as a result. RůžiÄková performed across the world for 50 years, recorded over 100 records, and taught such prominent musicians as Christopher Hogwood, Ketil Haugsand, Jaroslav Tůma, and Mahan Esfahani.
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