László Vidovszky was born at Békéscsaba on 25 February 1944. He began his composition studies with Géza Szatmári at the Szeged Conservatory in 1959, and continued them with Ferenc Farkas at the Budapest Academy of Music (1962-67). In 1970-71, he attended courses organised in Paris by the Groupe des Recherches Musicales and composition classes of Olivier Messiaen.

In 1970, Vidovszky was co-founder of the Budapest New Music Studio. He has been an active member ever since, both as composer and as performer.

He taught music theory at the Teachers Training College of the Budapest Academy of Music (1972-1984). In 1984 he was appointed Head of the Music Departement at the University of Pécs in Southern Hungary, a position which he held till 1988. He was appointed as the first Dean of the recently founded Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts at the same university (1996-2000). At the same time he became professor of composition at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest (1999-). Recently he also leads the Institut of Medial Arts at the University of Pécs.

His compositions are performed at many contemporary music festival (Aspen Music Festival, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, ISCM World Music Days, Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival, Salzburg Festival, Warsaw Autumn etc.).

His works have been recorded by BMC, Hungaroton and his music is published by Editio Musica (Budapest). László Vidovszky is a full member of Széchenyi Academy of Letters and Arts.

Awards:
1983 Erkel Award
1992 Bartók-Pásztory Award
1996 Merited Artist
2001 Soros Foundation Creators Award
2004 Knight's Cross Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary
2010 Kossuth Prize