Gabor Tak�cs-Nagy is a Hungarian violinist and conductor. He began violin studies at age 8. He attended the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, where he was a winner of the Jen? Hubay prize. His teachers at the Liszt Academy included Ferenc Rados, Andr�s Mih�ly, and Gy�rgy Kurt�g. In 1975, Tak�cs-Nagy, K�roly Schranz, Gabor Ormai and Andr�s Fej�r founded the Tak�cs Quartet. The quartet recorded for the Hungaroton and Decca labels. Tak�cs-Nagy left the ensemble in 1992, after he had developed hand stress, which forced him to stop playing the violin, and personal tensions arose within the quartet after their emigration from Hungary to the United States. Following his departure from the quartet, he underwent musical therapy and resumed playing the violin. In 1996, Tak�cs-Nagy founded the Tak�cs Piano Trio with D�nes V�rjon and P�ter Szabo. He also became concertmaster of the Budapest Festival Orchestra. In 1997, he joined the faculty of the Conservatoire de Musique de Gen�ve as Professor of String Quartet. In 1998, he established the Mikrokosmos String Quartet with Zolt�n Tuska, S�ndor Papp and Mikl�s Per�nyi. 

April 17th, 1956 in Budapest (Age 68)