Rados Ferenc
piano
Place of Birth
Budapest
Date of Birth
1934
26 October 1934, Budapest - 25 February 2025.
Ferenc Rados was born on 26 October 1934 in Budapest. His father, Dezső Rados, was a renowned violin teacher. He began his piano studies in Budapest at the Béla Bartók School of Music as a pupil of István Antal (1952-1956), and was then accepted at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music, where he studied with István Antal and Pál Kadosa (1956-1959). He later continued his studies in Moscow under Viktor Mersanov. On his return home, he became assistant teacher of Pál Kadosa at the Music Academy together with György Kurtág.
He taught internationally renowned Hungarian pianists (including Zoltán Kocsis, Dezső Ránki and András Schiff). As a professor of chamber music, he later taught artists such as Gábor Csalog, Balázs Fülei, Gergely Ittzés, Barnabás Kelemen, András Keller, Péter Nagy, Ditta Rohmann, Alex Szilasi, Balázs Szokolay, Dénes Várjon, Ildikó Vékony, as well as the Auer String Quartet, the Bartók String Quartet and the Somogyi String Quartet.
He left the Liszt Academy in the mid-1990s, after which he regularly gave master classes abroad and in Hungary. He has judged several international piano competitions and taught at the Bartók Seminar in Szombathely.
Transcriptions for two pianos by Zoltán Kocsis were performed together. His repertoire included mainly Viennese classical and romantic piano and chamber works. His rare performances and the release of his recordings have always been highly anticipated. He retired from active performing in the 1980s. Several recordings of his concerts have been preserved by Hungarian Radio. His Mozart and Schumann recordings were released by Hungaroton. He had also numerous publications.
In 1980 he was awarded the title of Merited Artist of the Hungarian People's Republic. In 1997 he was awarded the Béla Bartók-Pásztory Ditta Prize, in 2004 the Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (civilian category) for his work as a performer and teacher, and in 2010 he received the Kossuth Prize. He was a founding member of the New Hungarian Music Association.
He died on 25 February 2025, aged 90, after a long illness.
Ferenc Rados was born on 26 October 1934 in Budapest. His father, Dezső Rados, was a renowned violin teacher. He began his piano studies in Budapest at the Béla Bartók School of Music as a pupil of István Antal (1952-1956), and was then accepted at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music, where he studied with István Antal and Pál Kadosa (1956-1959). He later continued his studies in Moscow under Viktor Mersanov. On his return home, he became assistant teacher of Pál Kadosa at the Music Academy together with György Kurtág.
He taught internationally renowned Hungarian pianists (including Zoltán Kocsis, Dezső Ránki and András Schiff). As a professor of chamber music, he later taught artists such as Gábor Csalog, Balázs Fülei, Gergely Ittzés, Barnabás Kelemen, András Keller, Péter Nagy, Ditta Rohmann, Alex Szilasi, Balázs Szokolay, Dénes Várjon, Ildikó Vékony, as well as the Auer String Quartet, the Bartók String Quartet and the Somogyi String Quartet.
He left the Liszt Academy in the mid-1990s, after which he regularly gave master classes abroad and in Hungary. He has judged several international piano competitions and taught at the Bartók Seminar in Szombathely.
Transcriptions for two pianos by Zoltán Kocsis were performed together. His repertoire included mainly Viennese classical and romantic piano and chamber works. His rare performances and the release of his recordings have always been highly anticipated. He retired from active performing in the 1980s. Several recordings of his concerts have been preserved by Hungarian Radio. His Mozart and Schumann recordings were released by Hungaroton. He had also numerous publications.
In 1980 he was awarded the title of Merited Artist of the Hungarian People's Republic. In 1997 he was awarded the Béla Bartók-Pásztory Ditta Prize, in 2004 the Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (civilian category) for his work as a performer and teacher, and in 2010 he received the Kossuth Prize. He was a founding member of the New Hungarian Music Association.
He died on 25 February 2025, aged 90, after a long illness.
| Year | Title | Publisher | Code | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Bach, J.S.: Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080 | Philips | 412 729-2 | |
| 2001 |
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Zongoraversenyek K.246, K.365, K.242
(Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Contertos K.246, K.365, K.242) |
Hungaroton | HCD 32046 | |
| 2001 |
50 éves a Hungaroton - Vonósművészek (1951-2001)
(Fifty Years of Hungaroton - String Players) |
Hungaroton | HCD 32091-3 | 3 CDs |
| 2001 |
50 éves a Hungaroton - Zongoraművészek (1951-2001)
(Fifty Years of Hungaroton - Pianists) |
Hungaroton | HCD 32088-90 | 3 CDs |