Georg Solti – in pictures

Georg Solti, born György Stern, as a baby with his parents and sister, 1913 Photograph: Courtesy of Lady Solti

A photograph of four-year-old Georg which won 1st prize in a newspaper competition, 1916 Photograph: Courtesy of Lady Solti

As a teenager with his sister, Lily, and mother, 1925
Photograph: Courtesy of Lady Solti

Georg Solti as a teenager in Budapest
Photograph: Courtesy of Lady Solti

A portrait of the Italian conductor Arturo Toscanini, which he sent to Georg Solti, who greatly admired him, in 1938 Photograph: Courtesy of his wife Lady Solti

Solti in Switzerland Zurich 1942 practising for the Geneva Piano Competition Photograph: Courtesy of Lady Solti

Working with the State Opera in Munich, 1947 Photograph: Courtesy of Lady Solti

Solti in exile in Switzerland in the war years Photograph: Courtesy of Lady Solti

Solti with the Munich Opera on tour in Bayreuth, 1948 Photograph: Courtesy of Lady Solti

The end of György Stern: the certificate of his name change to George Solti, dated 18 April 1958 Photograph: Courtesy of Lady Solti

On tour with the Frankfurt opera in the late 1950s Photograph: Courtesy of Lady Solti

In rehearsal with British mezzo-sporano Josephine Veasey in Covent Garden, 1966
Photograph: Erich Auerbach

A drawing of Georg Solti by the Hungarian artist Zsuzsi Roboz Photograph: Courtesy of Lady Solti

Solti with his wife, Valerie, and their daughter, Gabrielle, in the garden of their home in St John's Wood, London in 1970 Photograph: Douglas Miller/Getty Images

Sir Georg Solti with his wife outside Buckingham Palace, 1972, after receiving his knighthood Photograph: Keystone/Getty Images