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László Somfai is a Hungarian musicologist, academic, and university teacher born in Jászladány in 1934. He holds a doctorate and is a professor emeritus. Somfai was educated at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music and speaks Hungarian. His professional roles include work as an editor and academic.
He is a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the British Academy. Somfai received the Széchenyi Prize. His notable works include *Bartók's workshop*, *Serate d'opere di Eszterháza*, *Kottakép és műalkotás*, and *The Keyboard Sonatas of Joseph Haydn*. He is also recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection.
Synthesized by Vinony from 23 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Vinony collections. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 8
Top works
- Bartók's workshop
- Serate d'opere di Eszterháza
- Kottakép és műalkotás
- The Keyboard Sonatas of Joseph Haydn
- Essays in honor of László Somfai on his 70th birthday
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Hungary
- Active from
- 1934
- Active to
- 2026
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- László
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Hungary
- Place of birth
- Jászladány
- Position held
- professor emeritus
- Educated at
- Franz Liszt Academy of Music
- Languages spoken
- Hungarian
- Academic degree
- doctorate
- Field of work
- musicology
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- date of birth
- 1934-08-15
- member of
- British Academy
- date of death
- 2004-01-01
- name in native language
- Somfai László
Sources (2)
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via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0