Valerie Pitts

Lady Solti
Lady Solti
Born	Ann Valerie Pitts; 19 August 1937
Spouse(s)	James Sargant (m. 1960; div. 1966); Georg Solti (m. 1967; died 1997)
Children	2

Ann Valerie, Lady Solti (née Pitts; 19 August 1937 – 31 March 2021) was a British television presenter who was one of the

Granada Television. She later married the conductor Sir Georg Solti

.

Life and career

In 1961 Pitts appeared as a patient in the comedy film Dentist on the Job. She met Georg Solti in September 1964 when she interviewed him, fortuitously, as a last minute alternative to replace a missing news item.

Face The Music

) and worked with Solti for various charities.

Pitts was the patroness of the World Orchestra for Peace, which her husband founded and whose first concert at the

W11 Opera

children's opera company in London.

After Sir Georg Solti's death on 5 September 1997, Pitts and her two daughters began The Solti Foundation to assist young musicians. In 2002, a website dedicated to Georg Solti was launched, under the instigation of Lady Solti.

Lady Solti died at home in London in March 2021 at the age of 83.[2]