Rezső Kókai (15 January 1906 – 6 March 1962) was a Hungarian composer and musicologist.
Kókai studied composition with János Koessler and piano with Emánuel Hegyi at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music.
In 1933 he received his doctorate in musicology from the University of Freiburg where he wrote the thesis Franz Liszt in seinen frühen Klavierwerken (Franz Liszt in His Early Piano Works).
[3] Rezső Kókai composed in a variety of forms including stage works, orchestral compositions, a violin concerto, chamber music, works for piano, as well as film and radio scores.
His scores are largely published by Editio Musica Budapest and Zeneműkiadó Vállalat.