Ferenc Farkas

Hungarian musician (1905-2000)

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Facts

20 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[27]
Date of birth: December 15, 1905
Date of death: October 10, 2000
Place of birth: Nagykanizsa
Place of death: Budapest
Country of citizenship: Hungary^[11]
Occupation: composer, conductor, music educator, university teacher, teacher, musician^[12]
Employer: Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Gheorghe Dima Music Academy^[13]^[14]
Educated at: Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia^[15]^[16]
Award received: Kossuth Prize, Franz Liszt Prize, Herder Prize, Hungarian Heritage Award, Bartók Béla – Pásztory Ditta Award, Kossuth Prize^[20]^[21]^[22]^[23]^[24]
Official website: www.ferencfarkas.org^[30]
Languages spoken, written or signed: Hungarian^[32]
Described by source: Brief Biographical Dictionary of Foreign Composers^[31]
Family name: Yankees^[28]
Given name: Ferenc^[29]
Member of: Hungarian Art Academy, Széchenyi Academy of Literature and Arts^[25]^[26]
Name in native language: Farkas Ferenc^[33]
Place of burial: Farkasréti Cemetery^[10]
Student: György Kurtág, Csaba Deák, Miklós Kocsár^[17]^[18]^[19]

🏷️ Also known as

en Farkas Ferenc en Ferenc Farkas ar فيرينك فاركاس ja ファルカシュ・フェレンツ ru Фаркаш, Ференц ru Ференц Фаркаш uk Фаркаш Ференц zh 费伦茨·法卡斯 zh-hant 弗利克賽·福爾考什

🔖 Identifiers · 110

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VIAF cluster ID: 104152826
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n80086158
GND ID: 120326426
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Ferenc Farkas,1971.jpg ↗
AllMovie person ID: p89391
AllMusic artist ID: mn0001223779
Apple Music artist ID: 111025564
BBC Things ID: 3f3f231d-6c39-49b9-8c67-971770d5e0f8
BIBSYS ID: 53454
BRAHMS artist ID: ferenc-farkas
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 14819836p

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CONOR.BG ID: 45859429
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Canadiana Name Authority ID: ncf10121513
Carnegie Hall agent ID: 1007833
CiNii Research ID: 1140000791648388352
Cinémathèque québécoise person ID: 24598
Classical Archives composer ID: 13713
Danish National Filmography person ID: 118049
Danskefilm person ID: 9169
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Dezède person ID: 11815
Discogs artist ID: 1030633
ELNET ID: a11144385
Elonet person ID: 134971
Europeana entity: agent/base/158151
FAST ID: 57351
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Filmportal ID: fcada339bee64c949beac4762671e648
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GTAA ID: 257260
GeneaStar person ID: farkasferen
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Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme): 0026055
Gran Enciclopèdia de la Música ID: 10856
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID: Ferenc_Farkas
Grove Music Online ID: 09314
HAA member ID (former scheme): MMA6920
HAND ID: 5F9B-1ED3-231C-E871-BDCA
Hungarian Film Archive person ID: 1558
IMDb ID: nm0267565
IPI name number: 00009785556
IdRef ID: 118053531
Ivi person ID: ferents-farkash
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KANTO ID: 000185349
KBR person ID: 14025213
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Kallías ID: PE00291679
Kinobox person ID: 856946
Kinopoisk person ID: 489374
LdiF person ID: 51451
Les Archives du spectacle person ID: 222945
Libraries Australia ID: 36070763
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LiederNet composer ID: 17748
Liszt Academy Lexikon person ID: 1842
Lur Encyclopedic Dictionary ID: 02127/eu_f_0160/f0160
MusicBrainz artist ID: 12b0b744-928a-429d-a926-0da4d7bcb8ba
Musicalics composer ID: 79562
Muziekweb performer ID: M00000237296
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NLA Trove people ID: 1206575
NLB authority ID (Belarus): NLB-ar3346206
NLP ID: a0000002607408
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NUKAT ID: n97026127
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National Library of Latvia ID: 000112278
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OSZMI ID: OSZMI6951
Obálky knih ID: jx20090522004
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID: 3899976
Open Library ID: OL1815405A
Operone composer ID: farkas
Oxford Reference overview ID: 20110810104901316
PIM authority ID: PIM53456
PORT person ID: 20192
Patrinum ID: 200223
Prabook ID: 1302329
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RERO ID (legacy): A000061198
RILM ID: 11211
RISM ID: people/51008240
Radio France person ID: ferenc-farkas
SBN author ID: CFIV041553
SELIBR ID: 213272
SNAC ARK ID: w6m637w5
SVKKL authority ID: 0315479-Farkas-Ferenc-19052000
Scope.dk person ID: 52778
Spotify artist ID: 2tJnMrH9PwAmlnIc851Uug
Swedish Film Database person ID: 60101
TMDB person ID: 125182
The Oxford Dictionary of Music entry ID: 3241
UOM ID: 65663
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJmDmMqkFcQvYGGXpCHpyd
Yale LUX ID: person/8f707255-4e21-44bd-b2cb-3964b0fe9400
ČSFD person ID: 336486

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Compositions 5

Two Half Times in Hell, Dreams of Love – Liszt, Drama of the Lark, Stars of Eger, Zoltán Kárpáthy

Mb:teacher 4

Zsolt Durkó, József Karai, László Vidovszky, Csaba Deák

Occupation 4

composer, conductor, university teacher, music educator

Award received 3

Kossuth Prize, Herder Prize, Hungarian Heritage Award

Students 3

György Kurtág, Sándor Szokolay, Miklós Kocsár

Educated at 2

Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia

Employer 2

Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Gheorghe Dima Music Academy

Student 2

György Kurtág, Miklós Kocsár

Country of citizenship 1

Hungary

FactGrid item ID 1

Vo Chi Cong

Given name 1

Ferenc

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

Hungarian

Place of birth 1

Nagykanizsa

Place of burial 1

Farkasréti Cemetery

Place of death 1

Budapest

Sex or gender 1

male

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Summary

Ferenc Farkas was born on December 15, 1905^[1], in Nagykanizsa^[2]. He died on October 10, 2000^[3], in Budapest^[4]. He worked as a composer^[5], conductor^[6], music educator^[7], university teacher^[8], and teacher^[9].

FAQs

Where was Ferenc Farkas born?

Ferenc Farkas was born in Nagykanizsa^[2].

Where did Ferenc Farkas die?

Ferenc Farkas passed away in Budapest^[4].

What did Ferenc Farkas do for work?

Ferenc Farkas worked as a composer^[5], conductor^[6], music educator^[7], university teacher^[8], and teacher^[9].

Where did Ferenc Farkas go to school?

Ferenc Farkas was educated at Franz Liszt Academy of Music^[15] and Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia^[16].

What awards did Ferenc Farkas receive?

Honors received include Kossuth Prize^[20], Franz Liszt Prize^[21], Herder Prize^[22], and Hungarian Heritage Award^[23].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Ferenc Farkas — place of birth (P19): Nagykanizsa. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-12-15. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Ferenc Farkas — place of death (P20): Budapest. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-12-31. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Ferenc Farkas — sex or gender (P21): male. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Ferenc Farkas — country of citizenship (P27): Hungary. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Ferenc Farkas — educated at (P69): Franz Liszt Academy of Music. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Ferenc Farkas — educated at (P69): Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Ferenc Farkas — occupation (P106): composer. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Ferenc Farkas — occupation (P106): conductor. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Ferenc Farkas — occupation (P106): music educator. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Ferenc Farkas — occupation (P106): university teacher. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Ferenc Farkas — occupation (P106): teacher. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Ferenc Farkas — occupation (P106): musician. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Ferenc Farkas — employer (P108): Franz Liszt Academy of Music. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Ferenc Farkas — employer (P108): Gheorghe Dima Music Academy. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Ferenc Farkas — place of burial (P119): Farkasréti Cemetery. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Ferenc Farkas — award received (P166): Kossuth Prize. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Ferenc Farkas — award received (P166): Franz Liszt Prize. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Ferenc Farkas — award received (P166): Herder Prize. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Ferenc Farkas — award received (P166): Hungarian Heritage Award. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Ferenc Farkas — award received (P166): Bartók Béla – Pásztory Ditta Award. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Ferenc Farkas — member of (P463): Hungarian Art Academy. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Ferenc Farkas — member of (P463): Széchenyi Academy of Literature and Arts. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Ferenc Farkas — date of birth (P569): December 15, 1905. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-04-28. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Ferenc Farkas — date of death (P570): October 10, 2000. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-04-28. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Ferenc Farkas — family name (P734): Farkas. International Standard Name Identifier. Retrieved 2015-08-12. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Ferenc Farkas — given name (P735): Ferenc. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-08-12. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Ferenc Farkas — student (P802): György Kurtág. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Ferenc Farkas — student (P802): Csaba Deák. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Ferenc Farkas — student (P802): Miklós Kocsár. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Ferenc Farkas — official website (P856): http://www.ferencfarkas.org/. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Ferenc Farkas — described by source (P1343): Brief Biographical Dictionary of Foreign Composers. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Ferenc Farkas — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): Hungarian. CONOR.SI. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ Ferenc Farkas — name in native language (P1559): Farkas Ferenc. wikidata.org.

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