Lukács studied voice, and also violin with Imre Waldbauer at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest.

Lukács was the recipient of many awards including the Artist of Merit of the Republic of Hungary Award (Magyar Köztársaság Érdemes Művésze) in 1952, Kossuth Prize in 1965[3] and the Outstanding Artist Award of the Republic of Hungary (Magyar Köztársaság Kiváló Művésze díj) in 1971.

[2] 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.