Hans Otto Jung (17 September 1920 – 22 April 2009) was a German

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, jazz musician and patron of music. In the 1940s, he played as a pianist in the Hotclub Combo, which he cofounded with

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and others. In 1987, he was a cofounder of the

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. With his wife Ursula Jung, he sponsored cultural initiatives in the Rhein-Main region.

Life and career

Born in Lorch, Jung grew up in a musical family; his father Carl Jung, a

, organized regular

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concerts in Rüdesheim, with notable performers and composers who were personal friends of the family.

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composed a

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to congratulate to the birth of Hans Otto, titled ''Young Lorch Fellow. Ragtime.'' Jung learned to play the piano with among others, and later the violin and the viola, performing in public for the first time in 1935. He studied social sciences in Frankfurt. As a student, he cofounded the in 1941, playing as the group's pianist with ,

, and Charly Petry. In 1943, he also learned to play the

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, and served as the group's bassist from 1945 to 1948 in the Hotclub Sextet. The broadcaster

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aired in 1946/47 a show with him as the solo pianist, playing in the style of

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. He completed his studies with a Ph.D. in

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(Betriebswirtschaft). He directed the family's winery, which focused on the production of alcohol-free wines and

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, but still often listened to jazz concerts and chamber music concerts in the Rhein-Main region. He often invited performers, especially pianists, to play at his residence Boosenburg, where he had two

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pianos. Jung was the president of the

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association of artists and art lovers (''Verein der Künstler und Kunstfreunde'') from 1976. In 1987, he was a cofounder and patron of the

. Together with his wife Ursula, a historian, he was a patron of culture in the region, sponsoring institutions such a chamber music series and "Brahmstage" in Rüdesheim, the concert series "Die Kammermusik" in Wiesbaden, and Dr. Hoch's Konservatorium and the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Frankfurt. He had an accident in the winter 2008/09 when he attended a concert of his friend

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, and died in Rüdesheim. His jazz collection of periodicals, manuscripts, and correspondence is held by the . His residence still serves as a location of regular jazz and chamber music concerts, organized by his son Edu and the town of Rüdesheim.

Lexicon entry

* Carlo Bohländer, ''Reclams Jazzführer'' Stuttgart 1970

References

External links

Hans-Otto Jung (1941)
(photo 1941) Marburg University
Das älteste Jazzfestival der Welt / So fing's an

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jung, Hans Otto German viticulturists German jazz pianists German patrons of music People from the Kingdom of Prussia 1920 births 2009 deaths 20th-century pianists 20th-century philanthropists People from the Rheingau