Gábor Farkas is beyond doubt one of the finest pianists of his generation. His highly personal performing style has earned him the name „the poet of the piano” - a unique title coined by world famous pianist and conductor Tamás Vásáry. Farkas is well known for his huge repertoire, with an emphasis on the romantic period, and his powerful virtuoso technique combined with a soothing bel canto tone, a rare gift by which he makes his instrument sing like no one else can among his peers. In today's high tide of top-notch piano virtuosos way too little attention is paid to tonal expression and a true style. This being said, these latter two are the qualities which make Farkas stand out as a unique musical phenomenon, being among the handful who do have a voice and a style of their own - one that is beyond compare. The richness of his piano sound, his fine taste for agogics and a perfectly balanced yet unrivalled virtuosity duly grant him a place among the very best of today's classical music world.
Gábor Farkas is a winner of several international competitions and frequent participant of the most prestigious musical festivals and concert halls all around the world. Till date there have been a number of recordings to his name published by such illustrious names like Warner Music, Hungaroton, Toccata Classics, Steinway&Sons Records.
His exceptional talent and career achievements have been recognized in Hungary with Liszt and Junior Prima state awards. Gábor Farkas is recipient of the Aoyama Music Award for the best performance of the year 2019, Japan.
He made his Carnegie Hall debut in 2016, and ever since 2017 is an official Steinway artist.
Prof. Gábor Farkas has been appointed President of the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Budapest for the period of 2025 – 2030.
Prof. Farkas became the founding partner of the International Liszt Music Center, Wenzhou, China, in 2025, and he is the Artistic Director of the local Liszt-Bartók Festival, as well as Professor at the International Piano Academy Lake Como, Italy since 2024, and Professor at the Tokyo College of Music, Japan as the youngest and the first European Professor of the prestigious university since 2017.
Gábor Farkas is the Artistic Director of the Far Eastern Classical Music Festival in Budapest since 2022.