Gábor Farkas, born in Ózd, graduated from the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest in 2005 after studying with Sándor Falvay and Attila Némethy. He finished his studies in 2014 under the mentorship of Zoltán Kocsis and Tamás Vásáry. At the same time he was a student of William Grant Naboré at the International Piano Academy Lake Como. In 2009 he won 1st prize and the Audience’s prize at the 9. International Franz Liszt Piano Competition Weimar – Bayreuth. In March 2012 he got the Franz Liszt Award as the highest Hungarian State Award for artists. In October 2015 Gábor Farkas became an Honorary Citizen of the city of Ózd. He made his debut at the Carnegie Hall in 2016. In the past years he also performed in concert halls such as Lincoln Center, Merkin Hall (New York), Teatro la Fenice (Venice), BOZAR (Brussels), Konzerthaus (Berlin), Auditorio Nacional de Música (Madrid), NCPA Concert Hall (Beijing), Seoul Art Center (Seoul), Oriental Art Center (Shanghai) and Bunka Kaikan (Tokyo). Furthermore, he was invited to prestigious international music festivals. Farkas was appointed full time professor at the Tokyo College of Music as the youngest and the first European professor of the prestigious university in 2017. Currently he is the Head of Keyboard Department at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest, and a Guest Professor at the Tokyo College of Music, Japan.