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4 June 1963 Budapest - 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 is a member of the Hungarian Composers' Association and the Art Fund.

Her works have been broadcast by the Hungarian Radio and Television, and performed at concerts in Hungary and abroad (including Lüneburg, Bourges, Berlin, Groningen, Transylvania, Munich, Bloomington, Rome, Chicago, Oregon, and Banff, Canada, where she spent two months as a scholarship grantee. She has participated at professional meetings in Vienna, Moscow, and Gdansk. 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.