Kosenko, Viktor Stepanovich
(1896–1938)
Kosenko [Kasyénkuh] (Kossenko), Viktor Stepanovich (11–11/23–1896, P.; 10–3–1938, Kiev). Ukrainian pianist, comp., and pedagogue. Grad. 1918 from the P. Cons., where he studied comp. with N. Cherepnin , Glazunov, M. Shteinberg , and N. Sokolov and also pf. Taught in Zhitomir and at the Kiev Cons. (1934–38). His students incl. Chaikin and Sandler. As a comp., was infl. by P. Chaikovsky , Chopin, Rachmaninoff, and Schumann. Wrote his first pf cycle at age 12 and became one of the most prolific…