view larger image János Sebestyén's parents, Rose and Alexander, outside their home in Budapest, late 1950s.

view larger image Sebestyén's great-uncle Jenő Janovics, theater and film director in Kolozsvár, with Zoltán Kodály for a performance of Háry János in Szeged, 1935.

view larger image A performance of Bizánc in Szeged, with actor Ferenc Táray, director Jenő Janovics, actor Ferenc Kiss, playwright Ferenc Herczeg, musician Ferenc Fricsay (second from right) and actress Anna Tőkés.

Sebestyén's parents were both musicians. His mother, Rose Mannaberg (above, with Sebestyén), taught piano at the National Conservatory in Budapest. His father, Alexander (far left), with conductor Jenő Donáth, was a prominent pedagogue and cellist. Both men had been classmates at the National Conservatory. Donáth later moved to Philadelphia where he worked as a film and light music conductor. This photo was taken at Sebestyén's home, circa 1960. View more photos of Jenő Donáth...

view larger image Recording producer and engineer Thomas Gallia with his wife Brigitte and mother Katalin, daughter of the famous piano professor István Thomán, in Milan, circa 1972.

view larger image Three of the Thomán sisters (from the left): Ilona, Erzsébet and Katalin, with Rose Mannaberg and recording partners Paul Déry and Thomas Gallia in Milan, circa 1972.

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Conductor Aldo Ceccato with Nelly Failoni, widow of opera conductor Sergio Failoni, in Budapest, mid 1960s.

Werner Fuchss, diplomat and author of a Paderewski biography, with his wife, Judit Makó (far left) and Rose Mannaberg, late 1960s.

Composer Robert Stolz (far right), his wife Einzi and János Sebestyén in Vienna, late 1960s.

Manuela Pertile, granddaughter of Italian tenor Aureliano Pertile, early 1970s.

view larger image Hungarian tenor József Réti (standing), with flutist Lóránt Kovács and his wife (far left), and Judit Makó, early 1970s.

view larger image Composer Miklós Rózsa (center), with violinist Vilmos Tátrai (second from right) and friends, in Budapest, early 1970s.

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André Luy, organist of the Lausanne Cathedral, at the harpsichord, early 1970s.

Conductor Alberto Zedda in Milan, late 1960s.

Paul Gerstbauer, Steinway representative, outside his salon in Vienna, late 1960s.

Conductor Péter Erős and János Sebestyén in Amsterdam, 1962.

Conductor Arvid Jansons and his wife in Copenhagen, early 1970s.

Organist Jiří Reinberger and his daughter in Szentendre, late 1960s.

George Mendelssohn, founder of Vox records, in Milan, 1973.

Egon F. Kenton, musicologist and violist, in Budapest, early 1970s.

Paula Bleier, János Sebestyén's German teacher from 1938-1943, in Baden bei Wien, early 1960s.