1978 – 1982 he studied composition at the Conservatory in Bratislava (composition – Juraj Pospíšil, conducting – Adolf Vykydal)
1982 – 1987 the Academy of Music and Drama in Bratislava (composition – prof.Dezider Kardoš)
1986 a study programme at the Academy of Music (Accademia Chicgiana) in Siena-Italy (F. Donatoni)
-from 1987 he teaches music theory and composition at the Conservatory in Bratislava
1990 – 1994 head of the Composition and Conducting Department of the Conservatory, where he led the Ensemble for contemporary music
/1992-1997 he has worked at the Department of Theoretical Subjects of the Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts-VŠMU/
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