About Hans Otto Jung
Hans Otto Jung (17 September 1920 – 22 April 2009) was a German viticulturist, jazz musician and patron of music. In the 1940s, he played as a pianist in the Hotclub Combo, which he cofounded with Emil Mangelsdorff and others. In 1987, he was a cofounder of the Rheingau Musik Festival. With his wife Ursula Jung, he sponsored cultural initiatives in the Rhein-Main region. == Life and career == Born in Lorch on 17 September 1920, Jung grew up in a musical family; his father Carl Jung, a viticulturist, organized regular chamber music concerts in Rüdesheim, with notable performers and composers who were personal friends of the family. Paul Hindemith composed a ragtime to congratulate to the birth of Hans Otto, titled Young Lorch Fellow. Ragtime. Jung learned to play the piano with Emma Lübbecke-Job among others, and later the violin and the viola, performing in public for the first time in 1935. He studied social sciences in Frankfurt. He was fascinated by jazz and collected recordings.
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