My mother, Kay Hurwitz, who has died aged 94, was a viola player whose gift for sight-reading made her indispensable to the Hallé, Martha Graham's dance company, London Festival Ballet and many other orchestras. She also encouraged generations of new musicians.
During the second world war, stationed with the Royal Army Medical Corps at Church Crookham, Hampshire, at the weekly concerts there Kay especially enjoyed the exceptional playing of the distinguished violinist Emanuel Hurwitz. Meeting again later by chance, they married in 1948 and set up home in Maida Vale, north London, where a happy and busy musical life ensued.
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