László Somogyi (25 June 1907 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary – 20 May 1988 in Geneva, Switzerland) was a Hungarian conductor.
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.
[1] He conducted in Poland, East Germany, Romania, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria, as well.
His 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 Op.
37 with a very young Daniel Barenboim recorded in the Mozart Hall, Vienna, May 1964.