15/02/1864, Strassburg, France - 30/07/1941, Munchen, Germany
German cellist, teacher, and composer. He was born in the family of a famous violinist of his time Jean Becker. In 1884, Hugo Becker was appointed solo cellist with the Frankfurt Opera Orchestra, and the following year became the leading cello teacher at the Frankfurt Hoch Conservatory. From 1909 to 1929, he was professor of cello at the Hochschule für Musik in Berlin. He was member of the Marteau Quartet and toured extensively to play chamber music with Eugène Ysaÿe and Ferruccio Busoni in a piano trio, and later with Artur Schnabel and Carl Flesch as the third Schnabel Trio between 1914 and 1921.