Sacha Votichenko

Sacha Votichenko (c.1888 – 22 October 1971) was a Russian musician of the tympanon, a French version of the hammered dulcimer.

Votichenko was born in c.1888. He claimed to have first performed as a conductor at the age of 9, at the house of Leo Tolstoy. The Court Circular reported that and his wife dined with the Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia, Princess Maria of Greece and Denmark, and her husband Rear Admiral Ioannides and Prince Dolgorouki at London's Hotel Cecil in June 1923.

He played his tympanon for Queen Mary and her royal guests during her visit to the exhibition of 'Royal and Historic Treasures' at 145 Piccadilly on 10 July 1939. He claimed to be the only soloist who had performed for three different British kings. He was survived by his son, Terry, and his three grandsons. The Votichenko family has an autographed photograph of Sacha Votichenko with Leo Tolstoy. A 1916 portrait photograph of Votichenko by Arnold Genthe is part of the Genthe Collection of the Library of Congress.