The artist, a two-time recipient of the Kossuth Prize and the Ferenc Liszt Prize and one of the leading figures in contemporary Hungarian music, was awarded the title of Honorary Citizen of Budapest in 2014. Gergely Karácsony, the Mayor of Budapest, and Krisztina Baranyi, the Mayor of the 9th District, both attended the ceremony: the latter emphasised that the district is home to a variety of musical genres, as the Palace of Arts, Budapest Park and the Budapest Music Centre (BMC) are all located here. 

The BMC, situated opposite the side of Building C facing Mátyás Street, looks after Zoltán Kocsis’s estate: the newly established Archive houses, amongst other things, sheet music, scores, complete editions, music books, first editions of sheet music and his own manuscripts.