M�rta Sebesty�n is a Hungarian folk vocalist, as well as a composer and actress. Sebesty�n's mother is a composer, and was a music student of Zolt�n Kod�ly. Her father was an economist and author. When Sebesty�n was seven years old, her father, returning from a trip to the U.S. as a visiting professor, brought home a large collection of ethnic music recordings from the Smithsonian Institution. Sebesty�n was educated at Mikl�s Radn�ti Grammar School, Budapest. She has sung regularly and recorded with the Hungarian folk group Muzsik�s. She is known for adaptations of Somogy and Erd�ly folk songs, some of which appear in Deep Forest's Boheme album, which received the Grammy Award for Best World Music Album in 1996. She has also adapted Hindi, Yiddish, Serbian, Bulgarian, Slovak etc. folk songs to traditional Hungarian style. Sebesty�n sang in the movie The English Patient. Three songs recorded together with Muzsik�s appeared in the Japanese animated movie Only Yesterday. She also sang in and contributed material to the album Kaddish by Towering Inferno. She also sang Rivers' on the multiple artist album Big Blue Ball released in 2008. 

August 19th, 1957 in Budapest (Age 66)