The Viktor Kalabis and Zuzana Růžičková Foundation

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The Viktor Kalabis and Zuzana Růžičková Foundation, based in the United States, is dedicated to two remarkable people whose partnership played central roles at the heart of Czech music for more than 50 years. Living in Prague, Zuzana and Viktor refused to join the Communist Party and faced endless adversities, yet they achieved enormous international success.

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Please visit our sister foundation in Prague to learn about its concerts and activities.

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To be released on May 2, 2025.

A Great Musician’s Dream Comes True

Gidon Kremer and Kremerata Baltica Play Kalabis's Duettina for Violin and Cello, Chamber Music and Dyptych for Strings.

The international harpsichordist Zuzana Ruzickova once said that she had a dream that Gidon Kremer and his Kremerata Baltica orchestra would record works by her late husband, the Czech composer Viktor Kalabis. That dream comes true along with the upcoming release by Hyperion of Kremer’s recordings.

Explore the latest recordings from renowned artists

Violist Sào Soulez Larivière, Lilian Lefebvre on clarinet together with Vincent Martinet at the piano, Mahan Esfahani with the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, and many others.

Ruzickova Composition Competition

In 2020, London-based violinist Ada Witczyk launched an annual competition in Zuzana's name for works in a classical style resulting in outstanding video and audio recordings.

Tributes

A superb performance – Viktor Kalabis’s Canticum Canticorum

Maestro Kent Tritle conducted the Musica Sacra Chorus and Orchestra, with contralto Nicole Joy Mitchell and tenor John Riesen, at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City.