He studied under Pál Kadosa, Ferenc Farkas, Zoltán Kodály and Sándor Veress, and regularly attended lectures by his fellow instructor Lajos Bárdos, whose circle represented a safe haven for him.
He studied under Pál Kadosa, Ferenc Farkas, Zoltán Kodály and Sándor Veress. As a young tutor, he took the unusual step of regularly attending the lectures of an older colleague, ((Lajos Bárdos)), whose circle also represented a safe haven for him.