Person Open DS/UK/169 Hambourg; Mark (1 June 1879-26 August 1960); Russian-born British concert pianist Hambourg Mark 1 June 1879-26 August 1960 Russian-born British concert pianist Male Max Hambourg DS/UK/2691 DS/UK/4464 https://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx?jRjULxjt1LeDL Boguchar, Russia (born)

Cambridge, England (died)

British Russian Musician; Piano White Son of Michael Hambourg (pianist and pupil of Anton Rubinstein) anad Cecile Sibling of Boris Hambourg (cellist), Jan Hambourg (violinst) and Clement Hambourg (musical organiser). He played with Boris and Jan in a chamber ensemble, The Hambourg Trio. Husband of Dorothea Muir Mackenzie (violinst). Their children were Michal Hambourg (pianist) and Nadine Hambourg Marshall. Heterosexual Mark Hambourg was a Russian-British concert pianist. The family moved to London in 1889, as refugees from the Tsarist regime. There, having been heard by Paderewski, Mark made a debut at the old Princes Hall in 1890. This was a success, and there was another concert there, and a tour of the provinces. The family was too poor to turn down these opportunities, though they would gladly have protected the boy from public life. As a child he was billed as Max Hambourg. He was invited into the circle of the painter Felix Moscheles (son of the pianist Ignaz Moscheles), in London, where he often met Oscar Wilde, Bernard Shaw, Ellen Terry and others. In 1890 Shaw, hearing him play, felt that the Lyric Theatre was merely exploiting children, but late in 1891 he was admiring his performance of Bach at the Steinway Hall and wrote that, with suitable training, "this Russian lad might astonish the world some day." Citizenship: The Hambourgs became naturalized British citizens in 1896. Notable Events: At the outbreak of World War I parts of the press circulated the scurrilous rumour that Hambourg was German, obliging him to prove his Russian origin and to show that he had been naturalized British for over twenty years. He won damages from the Daily Mail in court. Soon afterwards he made another visit to America, and narrowly escaped making the return journey on the fateful last voyage of the RMS Lusitania. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Hambourg (2020) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHhbryony 7/2/2012 Rachael.Fragola 3/1/2022 b04d2076-3ae4-4d1b-9ced-9b1a2d361280