Jenö Hubay

Jenö Hubay studied at Franz Liszt Academy of Music and Berlin University of the Arts. Training under Joseph Joachim is recorded. Joseph Szigeti, Jelly d'Arányi and Jenő Huszka are recorded as having studied under Jenö Hubay. The recorded working language is Hungarian. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are opera and art music. Employment is recorded with Franz Liszt Academy of Music and Royal Conservatory of Brussels.

• Name — Jenő Hubay • Born — 15 September 1858 • Instrument — Violin • Birthplace — Pest, Kingdom of Hungary, Austrian Empire (now Budapest) • Died — 12 March 1937 • Place of death — Budapest, Hungary • Genre — Classical, Late Romantic • Occupation — Composer, violinist, teacher • Alias — Eugen Huber • Illustration — Hubay in 1897 Jenő Hubay de Szalatnya (Szalatnyai Hubay Jenő; 15 September 1858 – 12 March 1937), also known by his German name Eugen Huber (pron), was a Hungarian violinist, composer and music teacher.

Hubay was born into a German family of musicians in Pest, Hungary. He adopted the Hungarian version of his name, Jenő Hubay, in his twenties, while living in the French-speaking world. Hubay was trained in violin and music by his father, Karl Huber (musician) (Károly Huber, later Károly Hubay) from Varjas (Variaș), concertmaster of the Hungarian Royal Opera House and a teacher at the Budapest College of Music. His mother was of Italian descent. He 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. Sitting in the audience was Henri Vieuxtemps, with whom Hubay formed an intimate friendship and from whom he received instruction. 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. That same year, he established the Budapest Quartet with fellow teacher, cellist David Popper.

As a soloist, Hubay gained the praise of Vieuxtemps, Johannes Brahms and many others. As a chamber musician, he formed two string quartets, one while he was in Brussels and one with David Popper during his Budapest (Budapest Quartet) years. With Popper, he performed chamber music on more than one occasion with Brahms, including the premiere of Brahms's Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 101. Among his earliest recordings are ten-inch acoustic discs, dating from 1910, on which he was accompanied by the composer Zsigmond Vincze.