person

1950 –

Between 1969 and 1974 he studied composition at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music with Rezső Sugár receiving his diploma in 1976. He was member of the New Music Studio from 1970 to 1990. He taught solfege and music theory at the Béla Bartók Conservatory from 1974 to 1991, then became a professor at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music (1991-2011), from 2000 as a docent. He received twice a Music Fellowship from the Soros Foundation (1997, 2002) and was honored with the Erkel Prize in 2000. He was awarded the Bartók-Pásztory Award in 2007. His latest composition is 'Visions heard / Hallomások' (2009).
“There aren’t many artists who, during their entire oeuvre, didn’t write a single note that was conventional or cliché. In Barnabás Dukay’s case, this is the ethical minimum.” (András Wilheim) (source: http://info.bmc.hu/index.php?node=artists&l=hu&table=SZERZO&id=64) (2011)