Csaba Onczay

university professor, cellist

Budapest, 29 December 1946

Corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Arts (2019–2021)

Full member of the Hungarian Academy of Arts (2021–)

Cellist and teacher Csaba Onczay has become one of the iconic figures of more than half a century of Hungarian musical life. From the late 1960s – his years as a student at the

The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon (3rd class)

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1993governmental award

Kossuth Prize

The highest Hungarian state decoration for the cultivation and preservation of Hungarian culture.

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1986governmental award

Meritorious Artist of the Hungarian People’s Republic

State award for artists who have created outstanding artistic values over a prolonged period in Hungarian national culture and artistic fields (theatre, music, dance, circus, film, visual, photography, applied arts), and who already hold an artistic award granted by the minister responsible for culture. The recipient is entitled to the title “Meritorious Artist of Hungary” (short: “Meritorious Artist”).

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1977governmental award

Franz Liszt Award

The highest musical award granted by the Hungarian state in recognition of outstanding musical and performing arts achievements.

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