Máté Hollós – Composer

 Was born in Budapest. He graduated from Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest in 1980. The majority of his oeuvre belongs to chamber music but he wrote also an oratorio, works for symphony and string orchestra as well as choral compositions. Among the commissions he received from various countries (United States, Canada and France) the most outstanding is the one of an English orchestra which commissioned a piano concerto for the 50^th anniversary of the United Nations (recorded for CD in the UK). His music is played all over Europe and North America. The International Society of Contemporary Music shot a portrait film on Hollós in 1986.

In 1989 he established Akkord Music Publishers, the first private company of this kind after the 40 years long monopoly of the state-owned one. Since establishing Hungaroton Records Ltd. in 1993 he has been working as its managing director, since 2006 as the General Manager of Hungaroton PLC as well. Since 1996 Máté Hollós has been elected for the president of the Hungarian Composers’ Union. He is a member of the board of Society ARTISJUS Hungarian Bureau for the Protection of Authors’ Rights and the president of the István Vántus Society (Szeged). For Hollós’s 50th birthday a book was published on his career titled Gentle Songs, with a CD containing an hour of his music and almost 400 writings.