Georges Sebastian
Born: 17th August 1903, Budapest, Hungary
Died: 12th April 1989, La Hauteville, France
Nationality: French
Georges Sébastian was a French conductor of Hungarian birth, particularly associated with Wagner and the post-romantic repertory (Bruckner, Mahler, Richard Strauss).
Born György Sebestyén, he studied first the piano and violin in his native Budapest, before turning to composition. He then worked with Leo Weiner, Zoltán Kodály and Béla Bartók. In 1921, he was engaged as répétiteur at the Munich State Opera, where he worked with Bruno Walter and became his assistant conductor the following year.
He then spent one season from 1923–24 as assistant conductor at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, where he was heard as pianist.
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