Victor Hochhauser
Victor Hochhauser | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 1923 (age 101) |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | music promoter |
| Spouse | Lilian Hochhauser (née Shields) |
| Children | 4 |
Victor Hochhauser CBE (born March 1923) is a British music promoter. He and his wife Lilian have been called "Britain's foremost independent promoters of classical music and ballet".[1]
Hochhauser was born in March 1923[2] in Košice, Czechoslovakia, the son of an industrialist father. His grandfather and great-grandfather were rabbis.[1]
His career as an impresario started in 1945 at London's Albert Hall.[3]
Hochhauser was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1993.[4]
He met his future wife Lilian Shields, born in Britain to Russian-Jewish parents, when they were both working for Rabbi Dr Solomon Schonfeld in London.[4] They married in 1949 and had four children together.[3]
References
- ^ a b "Victor and Lilian Hochhauser: exclusive interview".
- ^ "Victor HOCHHAUSER - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)".
- ^ a b Wroe, Nicholas (16 July 2010). "Victor Hochhauser: 'My great stroke of luck came when Stalin died'" – via The Guardian.
- ^ a b Duchen, Jessica (3 December 2009). "Lilian and Victor Hochhauser - The Jewish Chronicle".