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1941 – 1948
studied at the Bratislava Conservatory (composition – Eugen Suchoň, organ – Jozef Weber, piano – Anna Kafendová)
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1948 – 1949
studied composition at the Budapest Music Academy with Ferenc Farkas and in Salzburg
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1948 – 1952
taught theory and the piano at the Bratislava Conservatory
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since 1952
dedicated himself exclusively to composition and occasionally to concert activity as pianist