Gábor Gabos

Gábor Gabos (born January 4, 1930 in Budapest ; † August 27, 2014 there ) was a Hungarian pianist .

Gabos studied with Lajos Hernädi at the Franz Liszt Music Academy in Budapest, where he received a concert diploma. In 1955 he reached third place at the Concours Long-Thibaud-Crespin. In 1958 he shared second place with Wolfgang Gayler and Rolf Kuhnert at the Kranichsteiner Music Prize (piano) in Darmstadt. In 1960 he was fifth at the Concours Musical Reine Elisabeth in Brussels. Together with David Wilde , he received first prize at the Liszt Bartók Competition in Budapest.

He then became a soloist with the Hungarian Philharmonic. His concert career took him through Europe, China and the Soviet Union, with a focus on Hungary. Gabos was awarded the government's Liszt Prize, and he was also an Honored Artist of the Hungarian People's Republic.

In particular, his recordings of pieces by Béla Bartók made him known.

literature

Ingo Harden : Gábor Gabos . In: Ingo Harden, Gregor Willmes: Pianist profiles: 600 performers: their biography, their style, their recordings . Bärenreiter, Kassel 2008, ISBN 978-3-7618-1616-5 , p. 224.

Web links

Gábor Gabos at Discogs (English)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Ingo Harden : Gábor Gabos . In: Ingo Harden, Gregor Willmes: Pianist profiles: 600 performers: their biography, their style, their recordings . Bärenreiter, Kassel 2008, ISBN 978-3-7618-1616-5 , p. 224.

personal data
SURNAME	Gabos, Gábor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Hungarian pianist
DATE OF BIRTH	4th January 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH	Budapest
DATE OF DEATH	August 27, 2014
Place of death	Budapest

[Harden-1] Ingo Harden : Gábor Gabos . In: Ingo Harden, Gregor Willmes: Pianist profiles: 600 performers: their biography, their style, their recordings . Bärenreiter, Kassel 2008, ISBN 978-3-7618-1616-5 , p. 224.