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Farkas Gábor

piano
Place of Birth
Ózd
Date of Birth
1981
 
The young pianist Gábor Farkas was born in Ózd in 1981. He began studying the piano at the age of five; his teacher at the Ferenc Erkel Ózd music school was Ágnes Szabó Szakáts. In 1999 he graduated from the Miskolc Béla Bartók Music College where he studied with Gábor Papp. He is currently in his fifth year at the Franz Liszt University, where his teachers are Sándor Falvai and Attila Némethy. He has won prizes at several Hungarian competitions (the Békes-Tarhosi National Piano Competition, the Ándor Földes Piano Competition, the Franz Liszt International Piano Competition.) He also won second prize at the Karlstad Greta Erikson International Piano Competition in Sweden. His greatest success so far, however, has been his first prize at the Hungarian Radio International Piano Competition. Gábor Farkas has attended masterclasses conducted by György Nádor, László Simon, Péter Frankl, Rolf Dieter Arens, Jan Wijn, Brigitte Engerer, Ferenc Rados and William Grant Nabore.

Since the 2020-2021 academic year, he has been the head of the Keyboard Department and Doctoral School at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, as well as a visiting professor at the Tokyo College of Music (Japan). He has been the rector of the Academy of Music since May 15, 2025.


Awards and honors:

2012 Franz Liszt Award
2009 Gundel Art Award
2008 March Youth State Award
2008 Junior Prima Award




 
Year Title Publisher Code Remark
2002 Liszt Ferenc: A-dúr zongoraverseny; Brahms: III. F-dúr szimfónia Op.90
(Liszt: Piano Concerto in A major; Brahms: Symphony No.3 in F major Op.90) 		Távközlési Zenei Al. MHSO 07
2009 Popper, David: Music for Cello and Piano Hungaroton HCD 32627
2015 Kristóf Baráti: The Soul of Lady Harmsworth Hungaroton HCD 32760
2015 Korngold: Violin Concerto / Violin Sonata Brillant Classics 95006
2017 Gábor Farkas: The Schumann Album Hungaroton HCD 32798 Own
2019 Chopin: Ballades & Impromptus by Gábor Farkas Hungaroton HCD 32829 Own
2022 Gábor Farkas: Soirées de Vienne Hungaroton HCD 32859 Own
2023 Chopin: Piano Concertos Nos. 1&2 Hungaroton HCD 32872