Mária Hegyessy, a good friend and trusted
page-turner for many concerts and recordings,
with János Sebestyén on his 50th birthday, 1981.

János Sebestyén and Thomas Gallia in Italy with the step-son of Italian ambassador Vittorio Cerruti, who served in France and Germany during the 1930s.

Swiss concert manager Maurice Wenger, Mrs. Déry, recording producer Paul Déry, and Bea Crivelli, wife of the Swissair station manager in Sion, early 1980s.

Güngör Basman, wife of Turkish ambassador Osman Basman, with János Sebestyén at his home, early 1980s (above); Bath time for Sebestyén at the Austrian residence in Helsinki, courtesy of ambassador Josef Dengler, 1985 (right).

Sven Kouchler Poulsen, Danish chargé d'affaires in Budapest during the 1960s and later ambassador to several African countries, with his wife Ulla in Copenhagen, mid 1970s.

Gábor Petri, rector of the medical university in Szeged, and George Mendelssohn, founder of Vox records, in Budapest, late 1970s. Both men attended the Fasor gymnasium during the 1930s.

Flute duet with Bea Crivelli and Lóránt Kovács in Sebestyén's home, early 1980s.

Dinner at the home of Lóránt Kovács, with his wife and Italian ambassador Mario Franzi, early 1980s.

Hungarian actor Róbert Rátonyi in Sebestyén's home, early 1980s (left); János Sebestyén, Venezuelan ambassador Nelson Hernández, Veronica Bánky of the Italian Embassy in Budapest and piano professor Ferenc Rados, whose past students included both András Schiff and Zoltán Kocsis, 1980 (above).

Pediatrician Tibor Verebély, Portuguese ambassador Fernando Vieira and his son, and professor and music expert Péter Véghelyi in Sebestyén's home, 1980.

Anneliese Brochman, wife of the Norwegian chargé d'affaires in Budapest, and Judit Makó in Sebestyén's home, 1981.

Pianist Maria Ilieva and her father, composer and conductor
Konstantin Iliev, actress Mara Chapanova and her husband,
composer Georgi Tutev in Sofia, early 1980s.

JÁNOS SEBESTYÉN'S FIRST AUTOMOBILE...

Conductor Arvid Jansons and his wife with Sebestyén's used Opel on Fillér utca, 1965.

Conductor Aldo Ceccato with the Opel in Budapest, 1965.