Janos Cegledy

Janos Czeglédi (also known as Janos Czegledi) was born in Budapest, Hungary on 4 May 1937. He is a Japanese Hungarian pianist, music educator, composer, and lecturer on his experiences during the Holocaust.

Biography Cegledy, along with his brother, grandparents and aunt, were sent to the Budapest Ghetto in 1944. His mother was deported to Lichtenwörth concentration camp and his father to Mauthausen concentration camp. In 1948, Cegledy, his parents and brother, emigrated to New Zealand.

He graduated from Victoria University, and moved to Germany with a scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) to study under Andor Földes at the Saarland State Conservatory for Music. Since 2000, he has lectured internationally, and given piano recitals around the world. He has also judged numerous competitions both in Japan and abroad, and has written dozens of piano compositions.

He has served as a professor at the Toho College of Music and is on faculty of Musashino Academia Musicae.

Since 2016, he has given talks throughout Japan about the Holocaust and his experiences. After their divorce, he married Chiyoko in 1981, with whom he has one son.