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Zuzana Ruzickov

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Final Words from Zuzana LukovHer harrowing experiences, her love for BachAll captured in this documentary filmWith Japanese subtitlesA commemorative set is being released, featuring a documentary chronicling the life of Czech harpsichordist Zuzana Lukovwho passed away on September 27, 2017, at the age of 90along with an LP of her Bach recordings left behind at Erato. Ruikov was born in 1927 into a Jewish family in what was then Czechoslovakia and began studying piano as a child. In 1939, Nazi Germany occupied all of Czechoslovakia, and she was sent to a concentration camp with her family. After enduring harsh conditions in several concentration camps, she began to focus seriously on the harpsichord after the war. In 1952, she married the Czech composer Viktor Karabis. Although her musical activities were restricted in her home country due to her opposition to the communist regime, she gained