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Biography
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Francis Akos
Real name: Weinman Akos Ferencz
Effective period / Period of releases: 1955 - 1965
Francis Akos (30 March 1922 in Budapest, Hungary - 28 January 2016 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States) was a violinist.Member of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra 1955 - 2003. On the violin, Akos served as Assistant Principal Second 1955 -1956, Principal Second 1956 - 1959, Assistant Concertmaster 1959 - 1997 and Assistant Concertmaster Emeritus 1997 - 2003.