German harpist
Jutta Zoff was born in Bautzen, Germany on January 14, 1928 and died in Dresden, Germany on October 28, 2019. From 1941 to 1945 she studied harp under Prof. Eduard Niedermayr (Tonakademie Munich) and Heinrich Schlie (Staatskapelle Dresden). From 1943 on she plays as solo harpist. After 1945 she worked to establish the concert serial Stunde der Musik. Since 1967 she was first solo harpist of Staatskapelle Dresden. She was awarded the Kunstpreis of the GDR the same year. As solo artist she was travelling a lot in Europe, the USA, India, Japan and several Arabic countries.