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A gathering of friends, including Spanish ambassador de la Torre (seated left), Italian ambassador Nitti (seated center) and Otto Quittner (standing right), founder of Qualiton Imports, at János Sebestyén's home, 1992.
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Ambassadors serving in Budapest during the early 1980s: Mario Franzi, Italy; Nelson Hernández, Venezuela; Fernando Vieira, Portugal. |
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Peter Unwin, historian and author of a book about Hungarian leader Imre Nagy, served as British ambassador to Hungary during the mid 1980s.
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Gualberto Talamás, Uruguayan ambassador and organ expert, with his wife Ema during a visit to Sebestyén's home, late 1980s (above); Bolivian ambassador Alvaro Cariaga Zalles seated at Sebestyén's Sperrhake harpsichord (right). |
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Bryan Cartledge, author, historian and former British ambassador to Hungary, with his wife Ruth in London, mid 1980s. |
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Brazilian ambassador Francesco Grieco, his daughter, and Portuguese ambassador Fernando Vieira, early 1980s.
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Per Anger, Swedish diplomat and humanitarian who served in Budapest with Raoul Wallenberg during World War II, with János Sebestyén (above); Dorothy Armstrong, Canadian ambassador to Hungary during the early 1980s (right). |
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Dutch ambassador Hans Sondaal and János Sebestyén at the piano, 1997 (left); Swedish ambassador Staffan Carlsson and Judit Makó in Budapest, circa 2002 (above).
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Lóránt Kovács and János Sebestyén performing at
the Hungarian Embassy in Vienna, 1981. |
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János Sebestyén in Tel Aviv with Finnish ambassador Osmo Väinölä and painter Zippora Rubens, early 1990s.
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Danish ambassador Henrik Haxthausen and his wife Elsa in their Berlin office, 1985. The office, located above the Komische Opera, was nicknamed the Komische Botschaft. (left); Austrian ambassador Andreas Berlakovich and Judit Makó in Bucharest, 1982 (above).
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Spanish ambassador Fernando Perpiná-Robert, host of the Catalan Music Hall concerts during the late 1990s. |
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Pianist István Lantos, Italian ambassador Giovan Battista Verderame, and flutist Zoltán Gyöngyössy, 2003.
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János Sebestyén, British ambassador Christopher Long, his wife Patricia, and Judit Makó, at the British residence in Budapest, 1998.
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