Graduated from Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest in 1990 as a student of Ferenc Steiner.
Since 1983, he was a founding member of the Academia Brass Quintet, with which he has won several international competition prizes, including First Prize in Barcs, Second Prize in Narbonne, and Second Prize in Gmünd.
Between 1987 and 2000, he was a member of the Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, where he received the orchestra’s “Artist of the Year” award in 1995. Since 1997, he has served as principal trombonist of the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin.
From 2001 to 2006, he served as an assistant lecturer at the Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest.
He has served on the jury of major international trombone competitions, including the ARD International Music Competition in Munich in 2007 and the International Instrumental Competition in Markneukirchen in 2010.
His discography includes his award-winning debut recording Name Game (2000) and C’est la Vie (2011), both released on Hungaroton Classics. A number of Hungarian composers have dedicated concertos and works to him.
He has been a prizewinner at several international trombone competitions, including Third Prize and a special prize for the performance of Czech repertoire at the Prague Spring Competition, Second Prize in Toulon, and Third Prize at the ARD Competition in Munich, where the First and Second Prizes were not awarded.
Since 1989, he has performed regularly as a soloist throughout Hungary and in numerous European cities. A significant part of his repertoire consists of contemporary Hungarian works - solo trombone pieces, electroacoustic works, chamber music, and concertos - many of which were composed for him.
In 2012, he was awarded the Ferenc Liszt Prize.