Artist database

1964 Born on 19 February in Budapest.
1980-1984 Studies composition at the Béla Bartók Conservatory, Budapest in the class of Miklós Kocsár. Barnabás Dukay gives him regular tuition.
1984-1989 Studies at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music in the class of Sándor Szokolay. Regularly attends classes of György Kurtág and Ferenc Rados.
1985 Attends a Summer composition course by Mesias Maiguashca in Győr, which had been initiated by Albert Simon.
1986 Albert Simon accepts him as private student for a year.
1986 Attends a Summer composition course by Zoltán Jeney in Győr.
1990 Starts to organise a series of concerts which have the aim to reveal links between classical and contemporary music.
1990-1992 Teaches theory of music at the Béla Bartók Conservatory, Budapest.
1992 Decides to devote all his time to composition, and has been a free lance composer since.
1994 First performance of 'Preludio' for string quartet and orchestra in Budapest.
1994 His works are ordinarily performed in several concert halls throughout Budapest.
1999 Awarded the Art Prize of the Hungarian Soros Foundation of that year.
1999 Invited to stay six months at Herrenhaus Edenkoben, Germany.
2000 First performance of 'Listák' in London.
2001 Composer-in-residence at the Ostrava New Music Days, initiated by Petr Kotik.
2001 First performance of 'Imploration' in Huddersfield.