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Balázs Futó was born in 1981 in Kaposvár. He began his musical studies at the Liszt Ferenc State Music School in Kaposvár as a pianist, later he studied composition (István Győrffy), music theory, choir conducting (Nóra Keresztes) and percussion (Ferenc Szabó, Géza Bánky) at the Pécs Secondary School of Arts. In 2000 he enrolled at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, where he studied composition with renowned artists such as Zoltán Jeney, Balázs Horváth, Zsolt Serei and András Wilheim. In 2003 he began studying music theory and teaching under the guidance of Katalin Komlós.

Since 2001, he has been working as a tutor and music assistant at the Music Academy of Budapest, where he teaches singing and opera. Since 2003, he has been teaching music at the University of Theatre Arts with Balázs Kovalik.

In May 2003 he was invited and commissioned to compose a 7-minute piano piece in Kyoto (Japan). In 2003 he was commissioned by the Budapest Spring Festival. In August 2003, he participated in a 3-week masterclass and festival with Christian Wolff, Tristan Murail, Alvin Lucier, Petr Kotík and other composers and performers as part of the 2003 Ostrava Days (Czech Republic). In autumn 2004, he was invited by the Budapest Autumn Festival to compose a poem by a Swedish poet of his choice.

His piece Book of Job was honoured with Artisjus Prize in 2024 in the category classical music of the year.