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{{Short description|Romanian orchestra conductor and music director}}
'''Hugo Jan Huss''' (January 26, 1934 &ndash; February 21, 2006) was an orchestra conductor and music director.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dvhh.org/banat_biographies/huss-hugo-jan.htm |title=Donauschwaben Banat Biographies: Huss, Hugo Jan &#91;DVHH&#93; |website=www.dvhh.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923221023/http://www.dvhh.org/banat_biographies/huss-hugo-jan.htm |archive-date=2015-09-23}} </ref>

He was born in [[Timișoara]], Romania and died in [[La Crosse, Wisconsin]]. He studied at the [[Conservatory of Bucharest|Bucharest Conservatory of Music]] where he was the favorite student of [[Constantin Silvestri]]. After graduation, he became conductor and music director of the Symphony Orchestra in [[Arad, Romania|Arad]], a city in western Romania, close to his native town. In 1968, he went to [[Paris]], France, and did not return to Romania. Later he was conductor and music director in [[Mexico]] and, from 1977, in [[Wisconsin]]. He is buried in Arad's Pomenirea Cemetery.

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== Sources ==
* [http://www.hugohuss.net/ Hugo Huss Memorial Website]
* [http://lacrossetribune.com/news/article_8f4a1871-1e8d-5c56-a136-eec999ea0a39.html ''A life Remembered: Conductor brought symphony to a new level'', Terry Rindfleisch, ''La Crosse Tribune'']
*[http://lacrossetribune.com/lifestyles/announcements/obituaries/obituaries-for-sunday-february/article_dd16dbc3-29f6-5570-b8ca-e56c0c218d5b.html ''Hugo Jan Huss'', obituary, ''La Crosse Tribune'']

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