Ferenc Rados (born 26 October 1934, in

Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population o ...

) is a Hungarian

pianist A pianist ( , ) is an individual musician who plays the piano. Since most forms of Western music can make use of the piano, pianists have a wide repertoire and a wide variety of styles to choose from, among them traditional classical music, ja ...

and professor of piano and

chamber music Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small nu ...

. Until 1996, he taught at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in

, Hungary. After retiring, he gave master classes in Europe and Asia. Rados was awarded the

Kossuth Prize The Kossuth Prize ( hu, Kossuth-díj) is a state-sponsored award in Hungary, named after the Hungarian politician and revolutionist Lajos Kossuth. The Prize was established in 1948 (on occasion of the centenary of the March 15th revolution, the ...

in 2010.

Notable students

Kirill Gerstein Kirill Gerstein (russian: Кирилл Герштейн) (born 23 October 1979) is a Russian-American concert pianist. He is the sixth recipient of the Gilmore Artist Award. Born in the former Soviet Union, Gerstein is an American citizen based in ...

(pianist) * Søren Nils Eichberg (composer) *

András Fejér András Fejér (born 1955) is a Hungarian cellist. He is a member of the Takács Quartet, having founded it with three classmates at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest] in 1975. He was born into a musical family and became familiar wit ...

(cellist) * Barnabás Kelemen (violinist) * Zoltán Kocsis (pianist, conductor, composer) * Matteo Marchisano-Adamo (composer, filmmaker) *

Dezső Ránki Dezső Ránki (born 8 September 1951) is a Hungarian virtuoso concert pianist with a broad repertoire and a significant discography of solo, duo and concerto works. Life and career Born in Budapest, he began taking piano lessons at the Budapes ...

(pianist) *

András Schiff Sir András Schiff (; born 21 December 1953) is a Hungarian-born British classical pianist and conductor, who has received numerous major awards and honours, including the Grammy Award, Gramophone Award, Mozart Medal, and Royal Academy of Mus ...

(pianist, conductor) *

Balázs Szokolay Balázs Szokolay (; born 2 July 1961) is a Hungarian pianist. Szokolay was born in Budapest. His father is Hungarian composer Sándor Szokolay. His international concert career started in 1983, when he replaced Nikita Magaloff at a concert in Be ...

(pianist) * (pianist) *

Andres Carciente Andres Carciente is a Venezuelan pianist. He was born and graduated in Caracas as a Performer Professor of Piano. In Venezuela he studied with the American/Venezuelan pianist Harriet Serr and chamber music with Judit Jaimes. His debut as a soloist ...

(pianist) * Miriam Gómez-Morán (pianist) * Claudio Martínez-Mehner (pianist) * SooJin Anjou (pianist) * Aldo Mata Payero (cellist) *

Leonidas Kavakos Leonidas Kavakos ( el, Λεωνίδας Καβάκος; born 30 October 1967) is a Greek violinist and conductor. As a violinist, he has won prizes at several international violin competitions, including the Sibelius, Paganini, Naumburg, and I ...

(violinist, conductor) *Natsuki Fukasawa (pianist)

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* * Living people 1934 births Hungarian pianists Franz Liszt Academy of Music faculty 21st-century pianists 21st-century Hungarian male musicians {{hungary-musician-stub