Son of violinist Jean Becker (1833—1884). His brother Hans Becker was the second violinist of the first Brodsky Quartet from 1885, where from 1885 to 88 he was a colleague of Brodsky, Hans Sitt and Julius Klengel. His sister Jeanne was a cellist who played in the family quartet. Hugo Becker was the cellist of the Frankfurt Museums-Quartett ca. 1880-1900 with Hugo Heermann (1st vl) Bassermann (2nd vl) and Adolf Rebner (va)