Hungarian composer. He studied choral conducting at the Liszt Academy of Music, where he also studied composition under Emil Petrovics. He received his degree in 1975. From 1979 to 1980, he studied at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam. Since 1981, he has taught at the Liszt Academy of Music. He has composed stage works, orchestral pieces, chamber music, choral works, and songs. He received the Erkel Prize in 1981, the Bartók-Pásztory Prize in 1990, and the Kossuth Prize in 2003.