One of Britain’s foremost impresarios, Victor Hochhauser, has died aged 95.
Along with his wife, Lilian, who survives him, he introduced a host of Russian classical music acts and ballet to the West, including David Oistrakh, Mstislav Rostropovich, Emil Gilels, Sviatoslav Richter and the Bolshoi Ballet.
Devout and observant, Victor came to Britain from Slovakia as a refugee from the Nazis with his family in 1939. His grandfather and great-grandfather were rabbis and he was a direct descendant of the Chatam Sofer, a leading Orthodox Rabbi.
The Hochhausers were noted for their introduction of affordable weekend concerts at the Royal Albert Hall, which gave many young musicians their first chance to make a living and introduced classical music to people who otherwise may not have encountered it.
