Gábor Gabos (4 January 1930 – 27 August 2014) was a Hungarian pianist.Elhunyt Gabos Gábor
(in Hungarian) Born in

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, in 1960 he was awarded a 5th prize at the

Queen Elisabeth competition The Queen Elisabeth Competition (, ) is an international competition for career-starting musicians held in City of Brussels, Brussels. The competition is named after Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Belgium, Queen Elisabeth of Belgium (1876–1 ...

, and one year later he won the Liszt-Bartók competition; an intercontinental concert career ensued. In 1976 he was decorated a Merited Artist of the Hungarian People's Republic.

References

International Who's Who in Music (2003 edition), page 262
Hungarian male classical pianists Prize-winners of the Queen Elisabeth Competition 1930 births 2014 deaths 20th-century Hungarian classical pianists 20th-century Hungarian male musicians {{classical-pianist-stub