Artist database

1952: Born on 2 July, Budapest
1971: Enrolls in the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest.
Studied conducting (1974-78) and composition (1975-80) with András Kórodi and Emil Petrovics
1978-84: Conductor at Honvéd Art Ensemble Symphony Orchestra
1978-91: Assistant lecturer at the Academy of Dramatic and Cinematographic Arts
1979-87: Member of the Young Composers Group of the Association of Hungarian Musicians (General Secretary: 1983-87)
1984-88: Conductor of the Békéscsaba Symphony Orchestra
1988-90: Redacteur at the Music Department of the Hungarian Radio
1991: Manager of the National Philharmonics
1991: Founder of the EAR Ensemble for electro-acoustic research for contemporary music
1991-99: Conductor of the Alba Regia Symphony Orchestra
1981: honoured with the prize of the Szirmai Albert Foundation
1984-85: awarded the Kodály Scholarship
1985: 3rd prize at the International Composers Competition of the Budapest Spring Festival
1989: special prize at the Arezzo Choir Composers Competition
1991: the KÓTA's prize for "Gloria" at the competition of the Hungarian Radio
1991 and 1992: received the Soros Foundation
1991: 3rd prize at the János Neumann Society's Electro-acoustic Composers Competition
1992: honoured with the Erkel Award
1993: honoured with the prize of the Lánczos-Szekfü Foundation
1989, 1990, 1994: scholarship in Paris: Les atelier UPIC
1999: scholarship in Berlin: Akademie der Künste
2002: scholarship in Lyon: GRAME
Since 1992 Miklós Sugár received the Artisjus Prize 14 times (individual and with the EAR Ensemble)
2001: Vox electronica prize (with the EAR Ensemble)
2010 honoured with the Bartók-Pásztory Prize

He performed many times abroad, both as a composer and a conductor in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, USA, Belorussia, Finland, Frane, Croatia, Ireland, Finland, Japan, Canada, Poland, Latvia, Libanon, Mexico, United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Russia, Armenia, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey

see also: Sugár Miklós - conductor