Jakob Grün

Jakob Grün studied at University of Music and Theatre Leipzig. Training under Joseph Böhm is recorded. Adolf Rebner is recorded as having studied under Jakob Grün. the recorded working language is German. Employment is recorded with University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.

• Name — Jakob Grün • Birth Name — Grün Jakab Moritz • Born — 13 March 1837 • Birthplace — Pest, Kingdom of Hungary, Austrian Empire • Died — 1 October 1916 • Place of death — Baden bei Wien, Austria-Hungary • Education — Leizipig Conservatory • Occupation — * Classical violinist • Academic teacher • Organizations — * Hofkapelle zu Hannover • Vienna Court Opera Orchestra • Vienna Conservatory • Awards — Order of Franz Joseph • Illustration — Jakob Grün

Born in Pest, Kingdom of Hungary, Austrian Empire, Grün received his first music lessons there and then studied violin privately with Joseph Böhm in Vienna. He studied music with Moritz Hauptmann at the Leipziger Conservatorium der Musik. From 1858 to 1861, Grün was principal violinist of the Hofkapelle in Weimar. In 1861, Joseph Joachim called him to the Hofkapelle zu Hannover, planning for a permanent engagement. When Grün, in 1864, was not granted a permanent position with a pension because he was Jewish, Joachim quit the orchestra in solidarity. Grün remained until 1865, with a title of Kammervirtuose but without a pension. From 1865, Grün toured as a soloist in Germany, Holland and England for two years. On 1 October 1868 he became second concertmaster of the Imperial and Royal Vienna Court Opera Orchestra (later: Vienna Philharmonic) and remained a member of the orchestra until 1897, while the first concertmaster was Josef Hellmesberger. Grün liked to play solos standing, a tradition he knew from Hungary, though he suffered from stage-fright when playing solo, which impeded his career as a soloist. From 1877 to 1908, he was also a teacher at the Vienna Conservatory and trained an entire generation in the tradition of the Viennese violin school. Twenty of his students would become members of the Philharmonic, including concertmasters Julius Stwertka and Franz Mairecker, and principal violists Franz Jelinek and Karl Freith. He also taught Carl Flesch, Rosa Hochmann, Franz Kneisel, Hans Wessely and Max Weißgärber. Grün's flat was located in Heugasse 18 (today Prinz-Eugen-Straße) in Wieden. Grün died in Baden near Vienna at the age of 79. His grave is in the Vienna Central Cemetery.