Education
Lukács studied voice, and also violin with Imre Waldbauer at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest.
Lukács studied voice, and also violin with Imre Waldbauer at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest.
He switched to viola in 1935 after hearing a viola performance by Lionel Tertis accompanied by pianist Clifford Curzon. In 1975, he was appointed head of the voice faculty. From 1947 until 1976 Lukács performed as viola soloist throughout Europe.
In 1959, Lukács published an important pedagogical work for viola: Exercises in Change of Position for Viola, Advanced Grade (Fekvésváltó gyakorlatok mélyhegedűre, felső fokon.
Lagenwechsel-Übungen für Bratsche in der höheren Ausbildungsstufe). He also prepared and edited many viola works for publication, notably those by László Weiner.
Some notable students include Vidor Nagy, László Bársony, Zoltán Toth, Sándor Papp, Gabor Ormal, Géza Németh, and Csaba Erdélyi.
In 1936 he became a member of the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra.