ZUZANA RŮŽIČKOVÁ was born on 14 January 1927 in the city of Plzeň in western Bohemia. Her musical ability and predilection for Bach were apparent from an early age, and she prepared for admission to Wanda Landowska's classes at Saint-Leu-la-Forêt near Paris. The opportunity to study abroad soon became an impossibility with the German occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1938, and in January 1942 she and her family were interred at the Terezin ghetto. After the death of her father and grandparents at Terezin, she was sent to Aushwitz along with her mother. In 1944 they were both sent to Hamburg as forced laborers, and later spent the final days of the war interred at the Bergen-Belson concentration camp. Upon her recovery she was determined to resume her musical education and studied piano with Bohdan Gsölhofer in Plzeň. From 1947-51 she attended the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague where her professors included pianists Albín Šíma, František Rauch and harpsichordist Oldřich Kredba. At this time she decided to specialize in the interpretation of early music and gave her first harpsichord recital in 1951. In 1956 she won the International Music Competition in Munich and accepted a scholarship from jury member Marguerite Roesgen-Champion to continue her harpsichord studies in Paris.Her success at the Munich competition marked the beginning of an international career. Since that time she has performed regularly throughout Europe and has made repeated visits to Japan and the United States. She has performed at Bach Festivals in Leipzig, Stuttgart, Heidelberg, Ansbach, Frankfurt, Schaffhausen, Bath and Oregon. In 1962 she co-founded the Prague Chamber Soloists with conductor Václav Neumann and in 1963 she formed a very successful duo with violinist Josef Suk. Other chamber music partners have included János Starker, Pierre Fournier, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Aurèle Nicolet and Maxence Larrieu. She has also worked with noted conductors including Serge Baudo, Paul Sacher, Herbert Blomstedt, Libor Pešek, Neville Marriner and Helmut Rilling. Her recorded repertoire is vast, spanning works from the English virginalists through those by modern composers such as Martinů, Poulenc, De Falla and Martin. The music of Bach, however, has always remained central to her art, culminating in an integral edition of his solo harpsichord works published by the French label Erato in 1975. Contemporary composers have also dedicated works to her, including Jan Rychlík's Hommagi clavicembalistici (1964), and she has premiered works by Emil Hlobil, Hans-Georg Görner and Elizabeth Maconchy. For 54 years she was married to the outstanding composer Viktor Kalabis (1923-2006), and she inspired him to compose several significant works for harpsichord: Six Two-Part Canonic Inventions (1962), Aquarelles (1979), Preludio, Aria e Toccata (1992), and the magnificent Concerto for Harpsichord and Strings (1975). Her career as an educator began at the Academy of Performing Arts in 1951, but only after the fall of communism was she finally given the title professor in 1990. She also established a harpsichord class at the Music Academy in Bratislava where she was guest professor from 1978-82. For twenty-five years she gave master classes in Zürich, with other classes taking place in Stuttgart, Kraków, Budapest, Riga and Tokyo. Her many students include Jaroslav Tůma, Giedré Lukšaité-Mrázková, Anikó Horváth and Borbála Dobozy.Today she is retired from performing and teaching but is still very active in Czech musical life. [ More Detail ]
Dr. Lucinda Carver of the USC Thornton School of Music gave a harpsichord master class to advanced piano students who had never before touched a harpsichord. Here she discusses how a pianist must approach this work differently when on a harpsichord for areas such as emphasis, etc. Recorded at the Music Teachers Association of California State Convention June 30, 2008, in Riverside.(Sorry about the shaking. I'll buy a tripod soon; I promise.) [ More Detail ]
Rassegna Cembalistica "Young Harpsichordists" 2008. June 29th 2008 at Palazzo Annibaldeschi - Monte Compatri (Rome). In collaboration with Mitzi Meyerson's class of harpsichord of the University of the Arts - Berlin. JIA LIM-harpsichord. RAHEL BADER-cello. [ More Detail ]
Rassegna Cembalistica "Young Harpsichordists" 2008. June 29th 2008 at Palazzo Annibaldeschi - Monte Compatri (Rome). In collaboration with Mitzi Meyerson's class of harpsichord of the University of the Arts - Berlin. JIA LIM-harpsichord. RAHEL BADER-cello. [ More Detail ]
Live concert, June 14-2008. Italian guitarrist Stefano Sanzogni at the last years of studies in Conservatory of Darfo Boario Terme (Brescia) Italy. He study in the class of Bruno Giuffredi. [ More Detail ]
My favourite piece of classical music no 6Brandenburgisches Konzert Nr. 4, Brandenburg Concerto No 4,G-Dur, g-major BWV 1049 Allegro- pictures were taken in Potsdam, the regional capital of Brandenburg This vid is part of a serie of vids I make to introduce my favourite pieces of classical music. [ More Detail ]
Liubov gromoglasova performing Bach's Art of fugue (Die Kunst der Fuge) Contrapunctus 1 in Small Hall of Moscow Conservatory 22.05.2008 (Degree examination, special fortepiano, prof. Elena Kuznetsova's class) [ More Detail ]
Heinrich Schupelius (aged 9), who began playing the double bass five months ago, performed Bach's "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" by J.S.Bach with his sister Dorothea and Zsuzsa Balint at our iBass recital (double bass class of Michael Wolf at the University of the Arts Berlin). [ More Detail ]
Movements 1 and 2 from J.C. Bach / Casadesus Viola concerto in c minor...it's still a work in progress. Jamie Wright, from viola rep class April 30, 2008 [ More Detail ]
Giulio Tampalini's class on Prelude, Fugue and Allegro by J.S.Bach and on Bagatella n. 2 by W. Walton (students: Pierluigi Col angelo, Gian Piero Mercoli) Lezione di Giulio Tampalini sul Preludio, Fuga e Allegro BWV 998 di J. S. Bach e sulla Bagatella n. 2 di W. Walton (allievi: Pierluigi Col angelo, Gian Piero Mercoli) [ More Detail ]
Arrival on Colle di S. Gottardo over the ancient Tremola Street in W126 420SEL with the beautiful Bach Cantata: "Eine Feste Burg", like the good old Mercedes S-Class... smile! [ More Detail ]
Summer edition of Rassegna Cembalistica 2006-2007 in colaboration with the class of harpsichord of the Conservatory of Rome Santa Cecilia. June 16th 2007 at Palazzo Annibaldeschi - Monte Compatri (Roma). ELISABETTA FERRI [ More Detail ]
Summer edition of Rassegna Cembalistica 2006-2007 in colaboration with the class of harpsichord of the Conservatory of Rome Santa Cecilia. June 16th 2007 at Palazzo Annibaldeschi - Monte Compatri (Roma). ELISABETTA FERRI [ More Detail ]
ObjectiveCalcutta School of Music enrolls students for classical music classes. Our aim was to generate awareness and enthusiasm about these classes. ActivationNotations of J.S Bach were made visible across busy junctions of the city by using overhead wires as staves. The notes were also played through the kiosks, evoking an instant response. ResultThe message was immediately communicated to the music enthusiasts and prospective students across Kolkata. [ More Detail ]
Eliot Fisk playing the double of the Sarabande from Bach's Bm violin partita on Carla Kelly's rare organic electric classical guitar with a galactic theme- the Stellar Class. This was filmed at a casual get-together at the Fisk residence in 2006. [ More Detail ]
Here is a video of GBSS CD - Sound Classical Music Little Fugue in G Minor (J.S. Bach) for Game Basic for the Sega SaturnThis program was made by Bits Laboratory Video Provided by http://www.satakore.comMore info about this program:http://www.satakore.com/sega-saturn-game-basic,,GBSSCD_S_FUGA,,GBSS-CD-Sound-Classical-Music-Little-Fugue-in-G-Minor-J.S.-Bach-Bits-Laboratory.html [ More Detail ]