Renowned violin professor Jan Repko to face assault trial in 2025

A world famous violin professor who taught at the Royal College of Music will have to wait until next year for assault trial. South Africa-born Jan Repko, 65, was suspended by the London conservatoire after the allegation last July and later dismissed. The RCM, established in 1883, was ranked as the world’s leading institution for performing arts last year. Alumni include classical composers Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Gustav Holst and Ralph Vaughan Williams and theatre boss Lord (Andrew) Lloyd-Webber. Repko, who also…