Vladimir Ovcharek

Vladimir Ovcharek (1927-2007) - Soviet and Russian violinist. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1990). In adolescence he studied with V. I. Sher / Вениамин Иосифович Шер, in 1950 he graduated from the Leningrad Conservatory named after Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (now the St. Petersburg Conservatory). While still in his second year, in 1946, he organized the [a2424438], in which he played first violin for 55 years. At the same time, Vladimir Ovcharek was the concertmaster of the [a343871] for many years. Since 1963, Ovcharek taught the violin class at the Leningrad Conservatory, headed the department of violin and viola.