Born in Budapest, Sept 15, 1858
Died in Budapest, March 12, 1937
- Hubay was a violinist and composer. He performed frequently with his mentor and fellow Hungarian, Liszt, and was friends with Belgian violinist Henri Vieuxtemps, who recommended Hubay for Head of Violin Studies at the Brussels Conservatory.
- Hubay created a violin pedagogy legacy at the Budapest Academy of Music, where he taught both before and after fleeing the short-lived Soviet regime in Hungary.1
Sources
- László Gombos, “Hubay [Huber], Jenő,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed October 24, 2019, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000013459.