Violin professor who taught in Manchester charged with sex attack
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA violin professor has been charged with sexual assault. South Africa-born Jan Repko, 64, taught at the Royal College of Music (RCM), but was suspended by the London conservatoire after the allegation last July and later dismissed, reported the Press Association today.
He has also taught at Chetham's School of Music and the Royal Northern College of Music, in Manchester, reported PA. The alleged offence against a woman over the age of 16, who cannot legally be identified, is said to have happened in the London Borough of Westminster.
The RCM, established in 1883, was ranked as the world’s leading institution for performing arts in 2022. Notable alumni include classical composers Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Gustav Holst and Ralph Vaughan Williams, as well as musical theatre star Alfie Boe and theatre boss Lord (Andrew) Lloyd-Webber.
Repko, who also taught at Chetham’s School of Music and the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, appeared at London’s Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Saturday.
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