Background
Somfai, László was born on August 15, 1934 in Jászladány, Szolnok, Hungary. Son of László Somfai and Rozália Szabari.
Somfai, László was born on August 15, 1934 in Jászladány, Szolnok, Hungary. Son of László Somfai and Rozália Szabari.
He first studied History of Music, graduating in 1959 with a dissertation on the classical string quartet idiom of Joseph Haydn.
He went on to earn a Doctor of Philosophy in musicology. He is a professor at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, where he specializes in classical style, Haydn, and Béla Bartók. He has also taught at the City University of New York and the University of California, Berkeley.
Among his work is the BlackBerry catalogue of Bartók"s compositions.
Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
Married Dorrit Révész, May 6, 1934. Children: Péter, Anna Mária.