About
Master violin teacher who taught many aspiring musicians in both the Soviet Union and the United States of America.
Before Fame
She grew up in Odessa, but fled during her teenage years because of the Nazi invasions during World War II to Siberia, where she took up violin again with a teacher who had run from the Germans as well.
Trivia
She received her Master's in Chamber Music and Teaching, which she used to teach in Leningrad and Baltimore; in Baltimore, she won “String Teacher of the Year” from the American String Teachers Association's Maryland division.
Family Life
She married Adam Adolfovich Berkovich and had two sons.
Associated With
She taught Hilary Hahn when she taught at Peabody Preparatory in Baltimore.
