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Percussionist, pianist, organist, harpsichordist, conductor and composer Gábor Kósa was born in 1950 in Budapest. He studied at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest and the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, Stuttgart. His career as a performing artist, soaring up unbrokenly since 1975, has started as a percussion and fortepiano soloist of the National Philharmonic Orchestra; later the keyboard instruments began to play an increasingly important role in his career. He specializes in song accompaniment, improvisation, continuo and the organ parts of orchestral works. He has made more than forty recordings (Hungaroton, Naxos). He performs regularly and has received much critical acclaim in Hungary and abroad.
His composing career started at the New Musical Studio. A versatile composer interested in experimental music, many of his works have been published by Editio Musica Budapest.

Year	Title	Publisher	Code	Remark
1976	Bozay Attila művei (Works of Attila Bozay)	Hungaroton	SLPX 11742	LP
1979	Bozay Attila: II. Vonósnégyes, No. 2, Op. 21; Improvizációk No. 2, Op. 27; Malom, Op. 23 (Bozay, Attila: String Quartet, No. 2, Op. 21; Improvisations No. 2, Op. 27; The Mill Op. 23)	Hungaroton	SLPX 12058	LP
1983	Dániel-játék (Play of Daniel)	Hungaroton	HCD 12457	Reissue of Hungaroton SLPD 12457 (1983)
1993	Vivaldi, Antonio: Oboe Concertos Vol.2	Naxos	8.550860
1995	Kortárs zene Erdélyből (Contemporary Music from Transylvania)	Hungaroton	HCD 31636
1998	Liebesleid: Classics for Relaxing and Dreaming	Naxos	8.556615
2009	Harpchipelago - Kortárs magyar kompozíciók hárfára (Harpchipelago - Contemporary Hungarian Works for Harp)	Hungaroton	HCD 32630	Own