László Somogyi

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László Somogyi (25 June 1907, Budapest, Hungary – 20 May 1988, Geneva, Switzerland) was an Hungarian conductor.

Biography

Somogyi received his musical training under Zoltán Kodály and Leo Weiner at the Ferenc Liszt Academy at Budapest, where he was later to become leading professor of the Conductor's Class. While in Hungary he founded and led the Symphonia Orchestra, was Chief Conductor of the Hungarian Broadcasting, and guested with the Hungarian State Opera.^[1] He also conducted the most important orchestras in Poland, East Germany, Rumania, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria.

In 1956 he left his native country and was since active all over the world, including South America. His American debut in March 1961 with the Houston Symphony was a great success. From 1964 to 1968 he served as Chief Conductor of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra.

Somogyi's recordings include Haydn symphonies (including the famous and disputed Toy Symphony), the Dvořák piano concerto with Firkusny on the Westminster label, and Beethoven's Chorale Fantasy with a very young Daniel Barenboim on MCA in 1960.

References

László Somogyi at the Internet Broadway Database

External links

RPO memories

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Eugene Goossens (1923) Albert Coates (1923) José Iturbi (1936) Erich Leinsdorf (1947) Theodore Bloomfield (1959) László Somogyi (1964) Walter Hendl (1968) Samuel Jones (1970) David Zinman (1974) Jerzy Semkow (1985) Mark Elder (1989) Robert Bernhardt (1994) Christopher Seaman (1998) Arild Remmereit (2011)

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 100253354 LCCN: n84180499 ISNI: 0000 0000 8403 4363 GND: 134525701 BNF: cb13927705w

Persondata
Name	Somogyi, Laszlo
Alternative names
Short description	Hungarian conductor
Date of birth	25 June 1907
Place of birth
Date of death	20 May 1988
Place of death

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