Valerie Solti, former TV presenter who became a tireless supporter of classical musicians – obituary
Valerie Pitts presented Play School during its rough-and-ready early years and later documentaries and current affairs programmes
Lady Solti with Sir Georg Solti in Hamburg, 1993
Credit: Stefan Hesse /Avalon
Lady Solti, who has died aged 83, was the widow of Sir Georg Solti, one of the great orchestral conductors of the 20th century; she was also an indefatigable force for good in the music world, supporting not only high-profile names such as the conductor Valery Gergiev, but also feeding promising young unknowns who often practised in her late husband’s studio at their St John’s Wood home.