Miklós Maros 1943 born in Pécs, son of Rudolf Maros, composer and Klára Molnár, violinist. Studies at the Béla Bartók Music Conservatoire in Budapest with Rezsö Sugár 1963-67 composition studies at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest with Ferenc Szabó 1968-72 composition studies at the College of Music in Stockholm with Ingvar Lidholm and György Ligeti 1971-73 Composition teacher at the Stockholm secondary school of music in Stockholm 1971-78 Teacher at the Electronic Music Studio in Stockholm (EMS) 1976-80 Lecturer in electronic music at the College of Music in Stockholm 1980-81 Scholarship at the Berliner Künstlerprogramm/DAAD in Berlin (West) (Berlin Artist's Program) 1981- Freelance composer 1990- Lifetime-Artists’ Award of the Swedish Government 1971 Performances in London (ISCM - World music days), Zagreb (Biennale), concert and broadcast performances in Scandinavia, Europe, the USA, Canada, South America (Argentina, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Uruguay), Australia and Asia (Japan, South Korea) Also active as a conductor of his own chamber orchestra, the MAROS ENSEMBLE, which has, among other works, performed ca. 150 premieres of contemporary music in Scandinavia, Holland, Austria, Hungary and Germany. Besides the MAROS ENSEMBLE, has directed the following ensembles and orchestras: : Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Györ Philhamonic Orchestra, Regionmusiken in Sweden, Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, Budapest Chamber Orchestra, Kammersveit Reykjavikur, Stockholm Nya Kammarorkester, Umeå Sinfonietta, Komorni Ansambl Europhonie Zagreb 1975-80 Member of the board of the Society of Swedish composers 1981-91 Vice-president of the Society of Swedish composers 1998 Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music |