Hungarian composer. Born in Szeged in 1934. He studied under Ferenc Farkas at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest and under Goffredo Petrassi at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome. In the late 1960s, his works began to be frequently performed abroad. He received the Erkel Prize in 1968 and 1975, the Kossuth Prize in 1978, the Bartók-Pásztory Prize in 1985 and 1997, and the Lajtha Prize in 1997. He composed chamber music, symphonies, vocal works, and more.