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Ferenc Rados

ラードシュ フェレンツ

Rados Ferenc

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1934-10-26 (Budapest, Hungary)
Died
2025-02-25 age 90
Nationality
Hungarian
Languages
Hungarian
Residence History
Budapest, Hungary

Career

Occupations
Pianist, Chamber musician, Orchestral soloist, Academic teacher
Active Years
1959-2025
Affiliations
Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Kronberg Academy
Influenced By
István Antal, Pál Kadosa, Victor Merzhanov
Influenced
András Schiff, Kirill Gerstein, Zoltán Kocsis, Dezső Ránki

Education

Béla Bartók Vocational School
Piano
Period: 1952-1956
Year of Graduation: 1956
Country: Hungary
Student of István Antal
Franz Liszt Academy of Music
Piano
Period: 1956-1959
Year of Graduation: 1959
Country: Hungary
Student of Pál Kadosa
Moscow Conservatory
Piano
Country: Soviet Union
Student of Victor Merzhanov

Awards

Hungarian State Award
1980
Organization: Government of Hungary
Result: 受賞
Bartók–Pásztory Award
1997
Result: 受賞
Hungarian Order of Merit, Knight's Cross
2004
Organization: President of Hungary
Result: 受賞
Kossuth Prize
2010
Organization: Hungarian Ministry of Culture
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Health

  • serious illness
    晩年
    led to his death

Legacy

Hungarian pianist and influential teacher who shaped a generation of musicians.

Quotes

  • There was never a positive word from him. Everything was bad, horrible. But it instilled a healthy attitude, an element of doubt.
    Source: The New York Times (András Schiff interview) (2015)
  • the main elements of piano playing, tone production, and self-control; how to listen to [oneself] and how to practise well, without wasting time, always musically, never mechanically.
    Source: Limelight (András Schiff)

Trivia

  • Son of violinist Dezső Rados.
  • Stopped giving concerts in the late 1980s.
  • Made many recordings for Hungaroton and Magyar Rádió.