Katalin Pócs was born in Budapest on 4 June 1963 and died on 27 september 2019. She studied at the Composition Department of the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music under Emil Petrovics, obtaining diplomas in music theory and piano teaching, and composition.
She has won several prizes at composers' competitions. In 1986 she won 1st prize at the Composers' Competition commemorating Ferenc Liszt, in 1992 she was 4th at a South African competition, and in 1993 she ranked 2nd at the Szeged Composers' Competition “The Music of the Future”.
She has received several scholarships: one by Kincses Kuratórium (1987), the Zoltán Kodály Scholarship (1988-1991), and the Art Fund Scholarship three times. She also won the art scholarship of the Budapest 22nd District Municipality in 1998/99.
She has been granted financial support by the Hungarian Bureau for the Protection of Authors' Rights and by the Hungarian Credit Bank. She was a member of the Hungarian Composers' Association and the Art Fund.
Her works have been broadcast by the Hungarian Radio and Television. Three of her works have been released on CD. Two compositions by Pócs appeared in print published by the Munich based 4'33” music publisher, the Hungarian Akkord music company, and one by Harpa Hungarica in Bloomington. Some of his pieces have appeared in Tünde Aszalós's book: The Child Playing Piano.
She participated in several professional trips (Vienna, Moscow, Gdansk). Her works have been shown abroad several times (Lüneburg, Bourges, Berlin, Groningen, Transylvania, Munich, Bloomington, Rome, Chicago, Oregon). She spent two months in Banff, Canada with a scholarship, and his works were also performed here. Until his death, she actively composed and taught piano and improvisation at the Kálmán Nádasdy Art School, and held numerous author evenings individually and with other authors.
Web:
http://info.bmc.hu/index.php?node=artists&type=C&search=pocs&search_tol=&search_ig=&valaszt=nev (2019)