A young violinist has spoken out about her sexual assault at the hands of her Vaughan music instructor days after he was found guilty and sentenced to a prison.

Although the teen wanted her identity kept secret in accordance with the publication ban currently in place at Newmarket courthouse, she decided to release her victim impact statement to yorkregion.com in hopes of sharing how she's overcome some of the shame and pain associated with the crime, calling herself a “survivor”.

It was on May 31 that her former instructor Lev “Leo” Wigdorchik was found guilty of sexual interference in relation to the case.

During the 85-year-old wheelchair-bound violin teacher's sentencing, Justice David Rose said Wigdorchik, who helped many of his students reach the “world stage”, kissed the complainant many times between September 2011 and February 2013, while she was his student, beginning at age 10.

Wigdorchik, who played for the Toronto Symphony and taught at the Royal Conservatory and the University of Toronto, had no prior criminal record and is in poor medical condition, did not show remorse or accept responsibility for the crimes, Rose added.

Although Rose said he was unable to say beyond a reasonable doubt that Wigdorchik, who lives in Thornhill, touched the girl's breast, he added that it did appear he discussed oral sex with her.

The Belarus native who began teaching violin at 18 in Russia, who showed the court glowing letters of support from many former male and female students to, must now serve 90 days in prison.

It will be served intermittently from 7 p.m. on Friday until Monday at 6 a.m.

Grammy nominated Barry Shiffman is quoted in the Music Matters newsletter years before the allegations came to light, as saying when Wigdorchik came from Leningrad to Toronto he brought with him a “connection to a violin tradition that was without parallel in Canada”.

“In Mr. Wigdorchik, or 'Wiggy' as he was affectionately known around my house, I was not studying with one person, but rather with an entire 100-year tradition of violin playing.”