Miklós Maros (born 14 November 1943) is a Hungarian composer. He was born in Pécs, the son of composer Rudolf Maros and violinist Klára Molnár. He studied at the in Budapest with Rezső Sugár and at the Ferenc Liszt Music Academy with Ferenc Szabó, and continued his studies in Stockholm with Ingvar Lidholm and György Ligeti.
From 1971 to 1973, Maros was composition teacher at the Stockholm Secondary School of Music. From 1971 to 1978, he taught at the Studio for Electronic Music (EMS) in Stockholm, and from 1976 to 1980 he taught at Stockholm Musikcollege. From 1980 to 1981, he was a guest of the Berlin Artists Program of the German Academic Exchange Service in West Berlin. In 1972 he and his wife, singer Ilona Maros, formed the Maros Ensemble for the performance of contemporary music. In 1990 Maros received the Lifetime-Artists’ Award of the Swedish Government.
Works In addition to two operas, he composed many works for chamber ensembles, symphonic works, concertos and vocal works. Selected compositions include: Stage Stora Grusharpan (The Large Gravel Harp), opera, 1982 Castrati - Neuter, opera, 2002
Orchestral Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra, 1983 Symphony No. 4 for orchestra, 1998
Concertante Sinfonia Concertante (Symphonie No. 3) for violin, cello, double bass and strings, 1986 Konzertmusik (Concert Music) for violin, viola and chamber ensemble, 1992
Chamber music Violasonata for viola and live electronics, 1970 Glädjebud (Good Tidings) for trumpet, violin and viola, 1971 An Arty-and-crafty Lilt for alto, viola (or cello) and piano, 1976 Diptychon for viola and organ, 1979 Partite for viola and piano, 1991 Claris for clarinet, viola and piano, 1994 Confabulation for flute, viola and guitar, 1997
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External links List of works