Antal Doráti ( 1906-1988 ) is an outstanding Hungary conductor and composer in the 20th century. As born in a musical family, he followed Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967 ) and Béla Bartók (1881-1945 ) when he was young. Being trained strictly by traditional musical education, he brought hungarian traditional skill of folk songs into his compositions. As a conductor, Doráti toured over the world in his life, and cooperated with many notable orchestras. He brought those experiences into his compositions, using the characteristic of different instruments at large, so as his composing skill and compositions get a highly praise by others.

Duo Concertante for Oboe and Piano was composed in 1983. Around the New Music in the 20th century, Doráti did the exactly opposite way. He used the features of Hungary dance music in 17th century, which called “verbunkos”, and assimilated the characteristic of traditional folk song into modern musical articulation.