Gábor Farkas (1981) began his music studies in the age of five and holds an MA and DLA degree in piano performance and teaching from Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Budapest. He was also student of Prof. William Grant Naboré at the International Piano Academy Lake Como, in Italy.
His special talent is appreciated internationally: In 2015 he was the winner of the Worldwide Audition of the New York Concert Artist&Associates. With this prize he has the opportunity to make a debut in the Carnegie Hall in New York City in 2016 March. In 2013 he was nominated to the German Piano Award in Frankfurt.
In 2009, he won the “6. International Liszt Piano Competition in Weimar” and the “Audience’s Prize” and an award for best performance of Haydn Sonata, in 2003 he received the first prize of the “Hungarian National Radio’s Piano Competition”, in 2001 he received 3.rd prize on the International Liszt Piano Competition in Budapest, and in 2000 he was the winner of the “Bartók Béla Piano prize” in Baden bei Wien.
PROGRAM
Scarlatti: Sonata in E major K 531, Sonata in A major K 533
Schubert: Impromptu in G flat major, Op. 90, No. 3, D899
Schumann: Etudes Symphonique, Op. 13
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Gounod/Liszt: Faust Waltz from the Opera Faust
Liszt: Ave Maria
Saint-Saens/Liszt: Dance Macabre
Liszt: Dance Macabre (solo version)
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
THURSDAY, MARCH 10th @ 8 PM
