János Sebestyén near Mt. Fuji, October 2003.

Dr. Judit Hidasi, Professor of Communications at Kanda University in Tokyo.

Dr. Hidasi, János Sebestyén and István Lantos "promoting" Sapporo beer in Tokyo.

Mr. Kotaro Tawara, journalist and collector of more than 30,000 CDs (above). Mr. Christopher N. Nozawa, one of the most important collectors in Japan of historic recordings and related memorabilia, has published a five-CD anthology documenting performances by Western artists in pre-war Japan (left).

Mr. Tawara and pianist Ryu Kaido on their bi-weekly visit to one of the numerous record shops in Tokyo.

Mr. Michihiko Hagiwara, promoter of cultural relations with Hungary and general secretary of the Japanese-Hungarian Society.

PHOTOS FROM THE PAST...

János Sebestyén in Tokyo, 1973.

Sebestyén on tour (above); violinist Takako Nishizaki in Osaka for a performance of Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 with Sebestyén and flutist Lóránt Kovács, 1973 (right).

Lóránt Kovács (left) and Sebestyén toured throughout Asia during the 1970s; Cultural attaché Sándor Mátyus, pianist Péter Solymos and Kovács in Nagoya, 1973 (above).

István Lantos and János Sebestyén in
Sapporo for a duo piano recital, 1987.