Gábor Tarkövi, born 1969 in Esztergom, Hungary, is a professional trumpeter who began playing at age nine under his father István Tarkövi. He studied at the Franz Liszt Academy and later under György Geiger, gaining early experience as an assistant principal trumpeter with the Württembergische Philharmonie in 1991 and a soloist with the Berlin Symphony Orchestra in 1994. He joined the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in 1999, moved to the Berlin Philharmonic in 2004, and served there until 2019. In 2010, he released Trumpet Concertos (2010). In 2018, he became professor of trumpet at the Berlin University of the Arts.
