Studies: He received his degree at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in 1968.
Teaching activities:
1969: He is one of the founders of the Kodály Musical Training Institute (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)
1973- Teacher of Choir Conducting at Franz Liszt Academy of Music
1974-2008: Director of Zoltán Kodály Institute of Music Pedagogy, Kecskemét (since 2005 part of Franz Liszt Academy of Music)
Invited lecturer, master classes:
Visiting Professor of the Beijing Central Conservatory of Music
Choir conducting activities:
1983-1985, 1998-2005: Principal Choir Conductor of the Debrecen Kodály Choir
2000: Choir Conductor of the World Youth Choir
1990-1992: Artistic Director and later Guest Conductor of the Choir of the Hungarian Radio
1976-2006: Choir conductor of the Kecskemét Teachers' Choir
Awards and decorations:
Liszt Prize
Officer's Cross of the Medal of Merit of the Republic of Hungary
Kodály Prize of the Pro Renovanda Cultura Hungariae Foundation
Ágoston Trefort Prize
József Katona Prize
The Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav, Knight First Class
Liszt Academy Honours (1994, 2008)
Certificate of Recognition issued the Fryderyk Chopin Music Academy of Warsaw
For the Kodály Institute - Commemorative Medal
Memberships:
Honorary Doctor of the Capital University (Columbus, Ohio, USA)
President of the Artistic Committee of the Béla Bartók International Choir Competition of Debrecen