Tibor SZEMZŐ, graduated at the Hungarian Academy of Music in Budapest, has been writing, composing and performing music for 30 years.

Tibor SZEMZŐ, a Hungarian musician and also a filmmaker, has composed soundtracks for numerous films and documentaries of his own and others, such as Peter Forgacs's series of documentaries entitled PRIVATE HUNGARY, and Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman's PARAGRAPH 175, the winner of the Documentary Jury in the Sundance Film Festival and International Film Critics Award in the Berlin International Film Festival. Recordings of SZEMZŐ's music have been released on the HPS, Hungaroton, and Leo labels.

As a musician,Tibor SZEMZŐ was the founder of the acclaimed Hungarian modern ensemble Group 180 during the 1980s; his current performance group, The Gordian Knot, was founded in 1998.