Rudolf Maros

Rudolf Maros (born 19 January 1917 in Stachy in the Bohemian Forest – 2 August 1982 in Budapest) was a Hungarian composer of Bohemian origin.Maros studied at the Budapest Academy of Music from 1938 to 1942 with Zoltán Kodály and Albert Siklós, and at the same time he was a violist at the Budapest Concert Orchestra. He then taught at the Pécs Conservatory. After studying with Alois Hába in Prague, he became a professor at the Budapest Academy of Music. In 1970 he worked as a juror at the World Music Days of the International Society for New Music (ISCM World Music Days) in Basel.He composed three ballets, two symphonies, a puppeteer's ouverture, an orchestraric, a string symphony, a concertino for bassoon and orchestra, chamber music works, organ pieces, two niches for soprano and chamber ensemble, drama and film music, choral works and songs.Maros' son Miklós Maros is also a composer, his daughter Éva Maros harpist.