Hungarian composer, founder of the publishing house Akkord. Born in Budapest in 1954. He graduated from the composition department of the Liszt Academy of Music in 1980. In 1990, he was appointed director of the Hungarian CD label Hungaroton. His works have been performed throughout Europe, as well as in the United States and Canada. He received the Erkel Prize in 1997 and the Bartók-Pásztory Prize in 1998.