Jascha Gopinko (15 December 1891 – 4 July 1980), born in Ukraine and later resident in Australia, was a violinist, conductor and teacher of string instruments.
To avoid having to serve in the Russian army, he left Europe and in August 1914 arrived at Melbourne, Australia.
He continued to teach; his students included the violinist Ernest Llewellyn (who considered him to be as great a string teacher as Leopold Auer) and cellist Nelson Cooke.
[1][2] His application to be an Australian citizen was for some time denied, since his presence in the area was regarded as suspicious; he was granted citizenship, after several years of attempts, in 1930.
[2][3] Gopinko and his wife moved to Sydney in 1936, and was a teacher there, also travelling regularly to teach in Maitland.