He is best known for his work on such programmes as Home and Away, All Saints and Double Take, and on stage in the world premiere productions of Holding the Man and Toy Symphony.
London Symphony Orchestra | Chicago Symphony Orchestra | San Francisco Symphony | Boston Symphony Orchestra | Toy Story | BBC Symphony Orchestra | National Symphony Orchestra | National Symphony Orchestra (United States) | Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra | Dallas Symphony Orchestra | Symphony Space | Toronto Symphony Orchestra | Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra | Toy Story 2 | Montreal Symphony Orchestra | toy | Singapore Symphony Orchestra | Atlanta Symphony Orchestra | symphony | New Zealand Symphony Orchestra | Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra | Houston Symphony | City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra | Symphony Hall | Symphony | Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra | Shiny Toy Guns | Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra |
Mark Snow, the composer for the episode, admitted to "ripping off" Joseph Haydn's "Toy" Symphony to create the eerie Baroque-inspired harpsichord score.
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.
The Hyperbow interface was featured in Toy Symphony performances with violinists Joshua Bell and Cora Venus Lunny, and several pieces for cello and Hyperbow have recently been developed and recorded by colleagues at the Royal Academy of Music.