Victor Olof

Olof (left) with Sir Thomas Beecham at an HMV recording session

Victor Olof (12 July 1898 – 3 November 1974) was an English musician, known first as a violinist and conductor and later as a record producer for Decca Records and subsequently for HMV Records.

Among the artists whose recordings Olof supervised were Karl Böhm, Erich Kleiber, Carl Schuricht, Sir Thomas Beecham, Lisa della Casa, Cesare Siepi, Victoria de los Ángeles, Clifford Curzon, Wilhelm Backhaus and Yehudi Menuhin.

Victor had two children, Michael Olof and Brian Olof (14 February 1934 - 11 December 2019). From Brain's marriage to Diana (née Simpson) he had Susan Catherine Gilbey and Helen Mary Johnstone, as well as his great-grandchildren Jack Engels Gilbey and Charlotte Georgina Gilbey from Susan's marriage to Simon John Gilbey.


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