Akos Lustyik is a classically trained composer from Budapest, Hungary.  Completing his studies at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, he is now attending and has earned the distinction of Scholar of the Royal College of Music, London, where he will complete his masters in film music composition.  Akos also holds a degree in economics and management from Budapest University of Technology and Economics, and speaks Hungarian, English and German.
 
An early highlight of his music career was being a part of the 2017 Academy Award-winning Sing (Kristóf Deák, dir.), Best Live Action Short.  He assisted noted Hollywood film composer Adam Balazs as conductor, music editor and assistant music supervisor.
 
During his Academy years, Akos worked in Hungarian theatre, composing for plays in several Budapest theatres, and as a music director in several additional projects.  His recent composition, At the Hawk’s Well by W.B. Yeats, resulted in an invitation to Limerick, Ireland, for a guest performance at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance.  His Academy commencement piece, The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde, was performed for the 150th anniversary of the founding of the University of Theatre and Film Arts in Budapest.
 
Pursuing film scoring, Akos has scored many short films by directors of his generation.  These include Határ [Border] (Mátyás Szabó, dir.), which received an invitation to the 2017 Karlovy Vary Future Frames Program, and silent film Szaladják [Runnovich] (Máté Czakó, dir.), for which he was awarded Best Film Music in the 48-Hour Film Festival. Further, he has collaborated on Television productions for HBO Europe and Discovery Channel.  
 
Akos’ work permitted him to represent the Academy abroad on numerous occasions, to include the Aubagne Film Festival (Marseille), the Hungarian Cultural Institute (Brussels) and the Academia di Santa Cecilia (Rome), among others.  He has been among finalists in international film music compositions, and has been awarded the Zoltán Kodály Scholarship, the highest ranking, state-funded award for young composers.

Apart from composing for concert, theatre and film, he has also participated in the Hungarian National Opera and Franz Liszt Academy of Music projects as orchestrator and score editor.  And, to further nurture his involvement in film scoring, Akos is both assisting and studying with a Hungarian-American artist, noted Hollywood film composer Adam Balazs, assisting as a music copyist, orchestrator, conductor, pianist, music editor and music director.

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