Zuzana Ruzickova

Zuzana Růžičková (14 January 1927, Plzeň) 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.