obert Hupka was born in Vienna, Austria, on 26th August 1919. He was the grandson of the composer Ignaz Brull, a friend of Brahms, and as a boy he wanted to be an orchestral conductor.
hen he was 15, Hupka had a life changing encounter when he heard for the first time a concert conducted by the man who would become for him the embodiment of music: Arturo Toscanini
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