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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.

Prizes:
2012 Liszt Prize

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