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Zuzana Růžičková (14 January 1927, Plzeň) is an award-winning harpsichordist, whose work has garnered acclaim around the world. Born in the Czech Republic, where she has lived her entire life, Růžičková is an interpreter of classical and baroque music. She is one of the only musicians to have recorded the entire works of JS Bach for the harpsichord, an undertaking which spanned ten years. She is also the wife of the late Czech composer Viktor Kalabis. As a young teenager, Růžičková was interned in multiple Nazi concentration camps for her Jewish heritage, and as an adult, she lived for forty years under the Communist regime of Czechoslovakia. Růžičková has taught a number of important musicians, including Christopher Hogwood, Ketil Haugsand, Jaroslav Tuma, Monika Knoblochova, and Mahan Esfahani. == Childhood and early life == Zuzana Růžičková was born in Plzen, Czechoslovakia in 1927. Her mother was Jewish and her father was an atheist. Her family owned a department store, and her father had spent four years in Chicago in the 1920s, working at the Ginsburg Department store. Although he experienced success in the United States, Růžičková’s father returned to Czechoslovakia, which had only recently become independent from the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918. Růžičková learned English from her father. Růžičková characterized her childhood as “very sweet” and her parents as “very much in love”.〔Interview with Zuzana Ruzicova, 27 March - 1 April 1991〕 Růžičková began taking piano lessons after suffering from pneumonia at the age of nine, as a reward for her recovery. Her piano teacher, Marie Provaníková, introduced her to the works of Bach and encouraged her to take up the harpsichord. Provaníková was so impressed by Růžičková’s talent that she wrote to French-Polish musician Wanda Landowska, asking her to accept Růžičková as a pupil at her École de Musique Ancienne in the Paris suburb of Saint-Leu-la-Forêt〔http://www.jsebestyen.org/ruzickova/〕 once she had finished her obligatory schooling at age 15. Ultimately, Růžičková was not able to attend due to the Nazi invasion of Czechoslovakia and the implementation of the Nuremberg Laws. According to Růžičková, her family was historically Jewish. Her mother was an Orthodox Jew, but her father was an atheist. Růžičková described herself as not particularly religious.〔Interview with Zuzana Ruzicova, 27 March - 1 April 1991〕 ''For more information on the Jewish community in Czechoslovakia, see History of the Jews in the Czech Republic'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Zuzana Růžičková」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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