In 1992 Abols won at 18 Barcelona's Maria Canals International Music Competition.
Three years later he took part at the XIII Paloma O'Shea Competition, the dean of Spanish piano competitions; he made it to the finals, ranking along the rest of the finalists second to Enrico Pompili - the Grand Prize was declared void, a decision Ābols criticised.
[1] In 1993 he began a concert career, regularly performing through South America.
Since 2003 he holds a professorship at the conservatory of the Austral University of Chile.
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