What is Jan Kubelík?
[[File:Jan Kubelik.jpg|thumb|200px|Jan Kubelík]] '''Jan Kubelík''' (July 5, 1880 – December 5, 1940) was a [[Czechs|Czech]] [[violinist]] and [[composer]] His father discovered his talent when he was five years old, and sent him to study with [[Karel Weber]] and [[Karel Ondříček]]. When he was eight, he began to study at the Prague Conservatory, and his professor was [[Otakar Ševčík]]. After [[1898]] he toured as a soloist and soon became known for his virtuosity, impeccable intonation and his full and noble tone. He achieved great success with his debuts in [[Vienna]] and [[London]], and toured in the [[United States|USA]] for the first time in [[1901]]. Later, in the [[1901]]-[[1902|02]] season, Kubelik made his first appearance with the Royal Philharmonic Society of London. In [[1902]] he was awarded the Society's Gold Medal (succeeding [[Eugène Ysaÿe]]). In 1903 he married Countess Anna Julie Marie Széll von Bessenyö, niece of the former [[Prime Minister of Hungary]], [[Kálmán Széll]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1903/08/26/102019890.pdf | work=The New York Times | title=Kubelik Weds a Countess: Bride a Niece of ex-Premier von Szell of Hungary | date=26 August 1903}}</ref> They had eight children together; among their children is the [[Conducting|conductor]] and composer [[Rafael Kubelík]]. Kubelík played a [[Stradivarius]] violin from [[1715]]. He died in [[Prague]] on December 5, 1940 at the age of 60. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kubelik, Jan}} [[Category:1880 births]] [[Category:1940 deaths]] [[Category:Czech composers]] [[Category:20th-century composers]] [[Category:Violinists]] [[Category:Musicians from Prague]]