The Viktor Kalabis Prize Winners ADAWITCZYK.COM –is delighted that our partnership continues with the Victor Kalabis & Zuzana Ruzickova Foundation and we’re honored to name our competition in her memory. 2024 saw the competition entering its fifth year and its popularity grows with over 50 submissions for the 2024 awards.…
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Musicians gathered for a concert in Prague commemorating Zuzana's 94th birthday and Holocaust Remembrance Day. Performed on January 14, 2021, by - Jan Mráček (violin) and Lukáš Klánský (piano), Shostakovich, Korngold, Kalabis, and Suk. The concert was sponsored by the Viktor Kalabis and Zuzana Růžičková Endowment Fund with the support…
Read moreOn Wednesday, June 10, 2020, the city of Prague dedicated a memorial plaque to Zuzana Růžičková and Viktor Kalabis at the house they shared, 107 Slezská Street. Foundation director and long-time friend, Ales Brezina presented the dedication during a speech at the event.
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A special film screening was held in Zurich, Switzerland, on December 12, 2018. This was the premiere screening of the film in German-language Europe. Latin American premiere: Buenos Aires Jewish Film Festival – November 7/8, 2018. Zuzana: Music Is Life enjoyed Seoul, Korea, premiere – August 14, 2018.
Read moreFollowing a concert at the Wigmore Hall by Mahan, he and Julia Vogl receive a special lifetime award to Zuzana from the UK Critics Circle, February 9, 2018.
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PRAGUE: Birthday Celebration - Zuzana is 90 - January 14, 2017
Read morePrague – January 23/24/25, 2019Conductor Jakub Hrůša and the Czech PhilharmonicPianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard “Czech Philharmonic management has spoken with Zuzana Růžičková several times about programming some of the works of her husband, Viktor Kalabis. Strážnice Festival is one of his most popular works, and Jakub Hrůša decided to perform it as…
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PRAGUE Prague: February 12, 2018. In a memorial performance for Zuzana Růžičková, Mahan Esfahani and the Czech Radio under maestro Jiri Rozen, played (youTube) Viktor Kalabis's Concerto for Harpsichord and Orchestra . Writing about this concerto, Martin Anderson noted the following in Fanfare: "Kalabis’s Harpsichord Concerto, composed in 1974–75 (no prizes for…
Read moreZuzana's Last Student Mahan Esfahani, Zuzana’s last student, in recital in Prague in November 2018, at the The Bohuslav Martinů Institute (Bohuslav Martinů Foundation director Ales Brezina, a member of the Viktor Kalabis and Zuzana Ruzickova Foundation) where he performed pieces by Bohuslav Martinů, J.S. Bach and Viktor Kalabis. Excerpt from KlasikaPLus…
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From the Dvorak Society: Zuzana Růžičková is world famous as a harpsichordist, with many prizes, honours and hundreds of recordings to her credit – not least the complete works of Bach on disc which she values most. She is well-known to and loved by many of our members. An important…
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