Famous German Violinists

Birthdate: August 8, 1891

Sun Sign: Leo

Birthplace: Siegen, Germany

Died: June 9, 1952

German violinist Adolf Busch founded groups such as the Vienna Konzertverein Quartet and the Busch Quartet. Though not Jewish, he fled to Switzerland, then England, and eventually to the US, after Hitler’s rise, as he strongly opposed Nazism. He later established a chamber orchestra and co-founded the Lucerne and Marlboro music festivals