Péter Tóth

composer

Budapest, 11 April 1965

Full member of the Hungarian Academy of Arts (2011–)

Péter Tóth graduated with a degree in composition in 1990 as a student of Emil Petrovics at the Liszt Academy. His diploma work was his ballet music Istar, composed in 1989, which

Meritorious Artist of Hungary

State award for artists who have created outstanding artistic values over a prolonged period in Hungarian national culture and artistic fields (theatre, music, dance, circus, film, visual, photography, applied arts), and who already hold an artistic award granted by the minister responsible for culture. The recipient is entitled to the title “Meritorious Artist of Hungary” (short: “Meritorious Artist”).

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2007

governmental award

Erkel Ferenc Award

State award granted for outstanding composing, musical directing, and artistic activity.

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