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Gábor Ormai
Gábor Ormai (1 September 1954 – 7 July 1995) was a Hungarian violist and educator who was most famous as a co-founder of the Takács Quartet in 1975; a group with which he toured widely in performance, made several recordings, and won multiple international awards up until just a few months before his death from cancer in 1995. In 1982, the quartet became an ensemble in residence at the University of Colorado Boulder, and Ormai taught on the string faculty at that institution until his illness prevented him from continuing. Prior to forming the quartet, Ormai won second prize at the ARD International Music Competition as a solo violist.
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Gábor Ormai (1 September 1954 – 7 July 1995) was a Hungarian violist and educator who was most famous as a co-founder of the Takács Quartet in 1975; a group with which he toured widely in performance, made several recordings, and won multiple international awards up until just a few months before his death from cancer in 1995. In 1982, the quartet became an ensemble in residence at the University of Colorado Boulder, and Ormai taught on the string faculty at that institution until his illness prevented him from continuing. Prior to forming the quartet, Ormai won second prize at the ARD International Music Competition as a solo violist.
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