“Violinists around the world are remembering longtime violin professor Victor Danchenko, who died on Wednesday, five days after his 83rd birthday,” writes Laurie Niles in Thursday’s (11/19) Violinist.com. “Born in the Soviet Union, Danchenko made his solo debut at age 16 with the U.S.S.R’s State Symphony Orchestra, then at age 17 entered the Moscow Conservatory as a student of David Oistrakh. Danchenko emigrated to the West (Canada, then later the U.S.) in 1977, followed a year later by his sister, pianist Vera Danchenko-Stern.… Danchenko taught for many years as a faculty member at the Curtis Institute of Music and at Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore. At the time of his death he was teaching at The Royal Conservatory of Music’s Glenn Gould School in Toronto…. Danchenko’s … ‘tough love’ approach brought results, with his students winning major competitions, solo engagements and leadership positions in orchestras…. His former students include Soovin Kim, Nicholas Kendall, Timothy Fain, Ryu Goto and Misha Simonyan, as well as students who went on to be concertmasters and members of orchestras such as the New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, St. Louis Symphony, National Symphony, Toronto Symphony, and European and Asian orchestras…. Danchenko is survived by his sister Vera, wife Nina, daughter Natasha and grandson Nicholas.”
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