Background
Eugen Huber was born into a German family of musicians in Pest, Hungary. Hubay was trained in violin and music by his father, Karl, concertmaster of the Hungarian National Opera House and a teacher at the Budapest College of Music.
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Eugen Huber was born into a German family of musicians in Pest, Hungary. Hubay was trained in violin and music by his father, Karl, concertmaster of the Hungarian National Opera House and a teacher at the Budapest College of Music.
He adopted the Hungarian version of his name, Jenő Hubay, in his twenties, while living in the French-speaking world. Hubay gave his début public performance playing a concerto at the age of eleven. At the age of thirteen, Hubay began his studies in Berlin.
He remained there for five years, receiving instruction from Joseph Joachim.
In 1878, following the advice of Franz Liszt, he made his début in Paris, which was a great success. In 1882 Hubay was employed at the Brussels music institute as the head of the department of violin studies.
Returning to Hungary in 1886, he succeeded his father as head of the Liszt Academy. Hubay"s main pupils, aside from Joseph Szigeti and André Gertler, included Eugene Ormandy—who later turned to conducting—and Eugene Lehner.
Other pupils included Franz von Vecsey, Emil Telmányi, Carl von Garaguly, Zoltán Székely, Gerhard Taschner, Barnabás von Géczy, Ede Zathureczky and the italian Wanda Luzzato.
Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra.