He won first prize in 1986 on the National Secondary Music School Competition. In 1990 he was one of the four finalists of the Hungarian Radio's Competition. Same year in the Geneva International Competition he placed in final ten competitors, as well as in 1991 in the Toulon International Competition. Prix Baloise first prize was awrded to him in Lenk, Switzerland in 1991. He had a Scholarship to Geneva Conservatoire in 1992 where he continued his studies with Thomas Friedli. He graduated from the Music Academy in 1994, where Béla Kovács and József Balogh were his professors. From 1992 to 1996 he was the principal clarinet of the Mahler Youth Orchestra that was founded by Claudio Abbado.

Awards
2007 Liszt Award