VICTOR CSORDAS

Condolences & Memories (29 entries)

• Victor and I were good friends when we were kids until young adulthood. I have great memories of being his penpal for many years in the 70s. He would visit his grandparents in Thunder Bay which was also where my family lived and we would hang out and go to lots of movies together. Our parents were friends and I met him before I was old enough to remember in Fort William where we were both born. We met again when I was around 11 and I think he was 13 when he lived in Moose Jaw and then he moved to Winnipeg. Very sad that I just heard about this news in 2025. I never read obituaries so I unfortunately missed this sad news. Hopefully his family is okay, I have only good memories of a very talented person. This will take a while to sink in, RIP my friend. - Posted by: Karoly Neczpal (Friend) on: Aug 13, 2025

• Evan....I have been trying to find you. This is Stephan. We were great friends in our youth. I'm sorry for your brother's passing. Can you reach out to me? You can find me easily on google. - Posted by: Stephan Thliveris (Friend) on: Jun 10, 2025

• I took piano lessons with Victor for ten years. In some ways, he was almost like a third parent. He was a huge reason why I went on to study music in university and become a professional musician now. He was a great teacher, incredibly talented pianist, and a good man. I am sorry it took me nearly a year to find out this news, but he is missed. Godspeed. - Posted by: Samantha (Student) on: Sep 09, 2021

• I went through eight or so other piano teachers before finding Victor. Each one didn't quite fit for one reason or another, and every time I left I did so because my interest in piano as a whole was waning. Victor changed that for me. His style, humor, and vast trove of anecdotes (not to mention his inexhaustible musical knowledge) rekindled the fire that I'd once had for the instrument, and I enjoyed his tutelage for many years right up until the pandemic hit. Piano aside, I'd like to think that my family and I became good friends with him over the years. Long talks about history, ancient coins, and of course, music. Even the occasional movie night... We were shocked to hear of his passing, and will miss him dearly. For me personally, I will always be grateful to him for rekindling my love for piano, and I will cherish fondly the memories I have had the privilege of making with him. Rest in Peace, Victor - Posted by: Daniel (Student) on: Mar 06, 2021

• My two sons, Sasha and Chris, and I have known Victor for over 20 years and we are shocked and saddened to hear of Victor's passing. What a wonderful man and a great friend! He taught Sasha, who became an excellent pianist and Chris, who loved Victor's stories and jokes. When their dad, my husband, passed away five years ago Victor became a very important role model to both of them and they awaited each visit for lessons eagerly. I will never forget Victor's patience, especially with Chris, who is an athlete, needs to move around, but somehow, with Victor's guidance, became a decent piano player. A little over a year ago we asked Victor out for supper and he should choose the place. He chose the buffet The Royal Fork. What a great evening we had and my sons were amazed at how much roast beef and gravy Victor downed. I'm so glad we had that last get together, but we shall miss miss Victor in our hearts as I know he made the world a better place just by being here. I'm so sad for his family, but I want to tell you that we never had a better friend and he wiil always be close to our hearts. What a wonderful man! - Posted by: Sandra Wiebe (Friend) on: Jan 14, 2021

• Victor was my piano teacher for a short period of one year before I left for boarding school in BC. Today I found out about his passing and am deeply grieved. Although the time we spent together was not long, the amount of knowledge and belief he put in me stayed. Victor’s humour and passion for coin collecting made my day every time he came over. He made me realize the passion I had for classical piano and classical music in general. He encouraged me to dream big and tackle pieces that were far beyond my level. He believed in me, and that is something I will appreciate as long as I live. My deepest condolences to his family and loved ones. - Posted by: Nadine Nickmann (former student) on: Dec 21, 2020

• Victor taught Max piano for several years in Max's grandparents' home. We appreciated his personal touch, the chocolates he brought Max at Christmas, and how seriously he took his lovely end-of-the-year piano recitals. Max will miss him. - Posted by: Max & Jennifer (Piano Student and his Mom) on: Dec 17, 2020

• My heartfelt condolences to Victor’s family, his parents and siblings. Victor was my piano teacher for 8+years. I started lessons as an adult student and Victor was beyond patient and extremely encouraging. I loved the idea that he would come to my house to teach me, and he always showed up with a Tim Hortons coffee in hand. He would greet my cats and always take notice of any new rocks I had collected for my rock collection. He just naturally made a personal connection with those he met. During lessons, he always managed to sneak in some comment about old movies, make references to musical scores, give some educational instruction re the composer of the piece I was studying. He always spoke lovingly of his family and their children and would update me on gifts he was buying them for Christmas. He would share stories about other students. His love for teaching was palpable. He would also always find time to share about his passion re coin collecting and I would hear about his awaiting his newest acquisition. As a student I struggled with performance anxiety and as I stumbled through my prepared pieces, Victor would chuckle and laugh and say well “ Time for a bathroom break’ and off he would go to the bathroom which adjoined my piano room. He spent a LOT of time in there. During which time I kept repeating the piece till I forgot he was there at all, and got through the piece smoothly. Only then he would he emerge. His perfect ear would always note, despite hearing it from the adjoining room, where in the piece improvement could be made. He would take my place on the piano bench and flawlessly play the piece. He made my “okay” brand piano sound like a Grand. The power and quality of sound he could elicit from that instrument was mind blowing, from a whisper to a roar. This summer and fall, I had been sending multiple texts and after calling his number discovered that in the end most have all been going into cyber space. I only learned yesterday that he passed after going to his place of residence when he failed to respond to my texts and emails. It was there I learned the news of his passing. Victor was loved by his students...I know this. He will be forever in our hearts. I shall miss his infectious laughter, his crazy imitations, and I know I will never find another teacher as brilliant as he was. Rest In Peace Victor. - Posted by: Elizabeth Fawcett (A piano student) on: Dec 17, 2020

• Victor was in Uma Parameswaran's creative writng class at Uof Winnipeg; we shared the honour of winning the Lucy Bertschinger writing scholarship. I always admired Victor's wit, writing talent, love of music, and passion for piano. He wrote his novella,Cloud 10 for our class and we appeared together on local TV reading excerpts from our work. I have thought of Victor fondly during my life. He was kind, funny and warm. And Cloud 10 must be happy to have him on board. - Posted by: Teresa Mallam (friend from university) on: Nov 23, 2020

• Our sincerest condolences to Victor’s family. We are so saddened to hear of his passing. Victor taught our daughter Mackenzie and son Dane piano lessons for 5 years. We all absolutely loved Victors humour and just how unique he was. His passion for music was infectious, but I have to be honest our kids figured out if they asked him questions about his coin collection and travels he would chat about it for half of their lesson ha ha. We always said how much we enjoyed him coming into our home, he felt like part of our family. God Bless the Csordas family as they grief their loss. I know Victor will keep those in heaven entertained with his beautiful music and stories. - Posted by: Diane Carlson (Parent of Victor’s students) on: Nov 06, 2020

• Dear Joli and Laci, Ava and Eva, We wish to express our sincere sympathy for the loss of your beloved son and brother. We remember him well from Regina, and once in Lethbridge at a Hungarian Dance Fedtival. May he Rest In Peace. God bless you all. With fond memories, Baba and Lóránd. - Posted by: Lorand and Adrienne Szojka (Friend) on: Oct 26, 2020

• Drága Joli és Laci! Szomorúan vettük tudomásúl Viktor fiátók halálát. Fogadjátok őszinte részvétünket. Kedves fiúnak ismertük. Isten adjon neki örök nyugodalmat és nektek is megnyugvást Isten szeretetében. Baba és Lóránd - Posted by: Adrienne and Loránd Szojka (Friend) on: Oct 26, 2020

• Rest in peace old friend. My condolences to family and friends. - Posted by: Agi Libor (Borbely) (Friend) on: Oct 19, 2020

• My sincerest condolences to Victor's family. I met Victor through the Hungarian community in the early 1980's, and must have got to talking about my desire to switch from playing the accordion to playing the piano. He offered to teach me, and there is a possibility I may have been his first student! Since I could play the keyboard with my right hand, it was getting my left hand coordinated with the keys that was the tricky part. Victor was such a fun and engaging teacher, I would sometimes get heck for laughing too much during lessons, but we were still very much taking things seriously. He would be so eager to engage a student, if you liked a certain radio song, he would spend time listening to it and write up the music for it. I wonder how many times he had to listen to Mötley Crüe's "Looks That Kill" to write that music?! Poor guy! Anything to encourage a student to be excited to play piano. I was amazed he did that. Within a couple years, he had me playing Für Elise, The Entertainer and my favourite, the Hungarian Rhapsody. This guy was top notch. I am honoured to be counted amongst his students. He was also an avid and engaging writer. He would often give me a copy of a new chapter of a story he called Cloud 10. I often wished he had finished it sooner and published it. It was an engaging story. I also enjoyed his Purple Pumpernickel adventures and still have those copies. I will always be forever grateful that he introduced me to Monty Python. He played me the Holy Grail and the first time I saw Patsy clip clop to King Arthur, not on horseback, but by clacking two coconuts together, I never laughed so hard. It was so ridiculous, I just loved it. We had a matching sense of silly humour. For all that, thank you Victor. You better be playing on a Steinway up there! Big hugs, Linda - Posted by: Linda Kavitch (Friend/student) on: Oct 07, 2020

• Our sincere condolences to Victor's family. My husband Tibor and I got to know Victor through our Hungarian church over 40 years ago. We were in the Hungarian plays together and for a while he even danced in the dance group too. He always had a great sense of humor and could make us laugh at the craziest things. I loved listening to him play and even sang along to some of the Hungarian tunes. He was a gentle soul who was always willing to lend a helping hand when needed. Rest in peace Victor. xoxo Rose & Tibor Boda - Posted by: Rose Olah-Boda (Friend) on: Oct 04, 2020

• Our family was deeply saddened to hear that Victor passed away. He taught our boys piano for four years and was an exceptionally talented teacher. We are all so grateful that we had an opportunity to get to know him over the years and for the beautiful music he brought into our home every week. The boys learned so much from him and that knowledge will always be a part of them. He lives on in the music of his many talented students. Our sincere condolences to his family, friends and students. - Posted by: The Sontag Family (Former students) on: Sep 27, 2020

• Victor taught our son for many years. Honestly we didn't know what happened until I found the article. We are a bit shocked. We loved him a lot. He will be greatly missed. - Posted by: Maya Shapiro (Student's mother) on: Sep 25, 2020

• Victor and I have been friends for 41 years. My deepest and sincerest condolences to his family. I’ll miss our dinner and coffee get togethers where we would laugh and talk about our favourite television shows. He especially loved the “oldies” like Get Smart (would you believe and sorry about that chief)the Beverly Hillbillies and Columbo (oh, just one more thing). Catching a movie and then discussing it after was always an interesting experience as he would analyze the movie in a far deeper way than I could. There was plenty of show and tell with his coin collection, which was one of several passions Vic had. Eating was another and I am still amazed how he managed to devour as much as he could.! His two greatest passions however were his students and his writing. Of late we would go for coffee and he’d read the latest chapter that he was working on. Vagabond Jack will stay in my head for quite awhile. I know that he would be very pleased at the kind thoughts from his students past and present and the positive impact he’s had on their music and life. He took his teaching seriously and was always looking at improving the experience for his students. Once Vic from finally got a hang of the internet thing, we’d chat via email or text quite frequently. We last chatted on the Sunday before his passing, so his loss was shocking and deeply felt. Through the years we’d been through the normal ups and downs in life and I hope that he will Rest In Peace. I miss my friend Victor from the day I found out of his passing and he will be in my memory and will not Be forgotten. Rest easy my friend. Rest easy. - Posted by: Peter Magyar (Friend ) on: Sep 25, 2020

• Victor taught all 3 of our children piano for many years. Jordan, our oldest son, for the longest period of time. Jordan now is a professional musician. Victor was very kind and generous with his time. Jordan played piano at a gathering when he was quite young. It was a group of people Victor knew and he put on a short dance display with a friend for us so we could see how good a dancer he was. We all had a lovely time. We also met him as a family a few times for dinner at the Royal Fork which was a favourite of his back then. Our dog, Teddy, loved Victor too. He was always so happy to see Victor when he arrived and sat on his lap for most of the kids lessons. Several other neighbours, relatives and friends of the family had their children take lessons with Victor. He was a fine man. We all mourn his loss. We all have grown as people from having known Victor. The whole Jackiew Family, Marge, Wayne, Jordan, Arleigh and Jeremy - Posted by: The Jackiew Family (former students ) on: Sep 24, 2020

• We are so sad as family to hear about Victor. He was loved by our 3 kids as he worked with them. They loved the coins he would bring by. Again so sad! - Posted by: Michael Shaw (Friend) on: Sep 21, 2020

• Victor taught me and my siblings piano for years. We are all saddened to hear of his passing. He was so talented and a great teacher. He was very supportive and always encouraging you to do your absolute best. We wanted to give our condolences to his family. So sorry for your loss. - Posted by: Nicole A (Former piano student ) on: Sep 21, 2020

• Our family was saddened to learn of Victor's passing. He was a fixture in our house for many years, as he taught our 3 daughters. We are so thankful for his commitment to music and his students. May his memory be a blessing to his family, friends and all those who were fortunate to know him. - Posted by: Myron Schultz (Father of former students of Victor's) on: Sep 21, 2020

• I am very saddened to hear of Victor's passing. He was a dedicated teacher and a valued colleague. My sincerest condolences. - Posted by: Erica Schultz (Colleague) on: Sep 20, 2020

• Victor taught our daughter piano for six years, arriving at our home no matter the weather. He said by going to his pupils' homes that their hands were warm for winter lessons. Victor's influence on our daughter was very positive; she gained confidence, discipline, and the satisfaction of winning competitions on occasion. Rest in peace Victor. - Posted by: Diane & Bill Loxton (Parents of a former student) on: Sep 20, 2020

• Victor's passing hit me really hard. Ever since I met him when I was 7 years old, he was always an inspiration to me to do my best, and to push myself to be better. He was always encouraging, patient, and kind to me, and for that, I am incredibly thankful. I'm very happy that I have been able to spend 9 amazing years with him, and wish that it could have been more. I will forever remember him as the amazing person he was, and hope that one day I can live up to what he saw and knew I could become. He was more than just a teacher to me, he was a good friend, and someone who I looked up to. Victor is the reason I fell in love with music, and for that I wish that I could repay him. He was the best teacher I have ever had, and will ever have, and wish I could tell him that face to face. I will forever remember him, and I am proud to have been his student. - Posted by: Benjamin Rossen (Student) on: Sep 19, 2020

• Draga Jolikam es k. Laci, Szivelyes szimpatiamat fogadjatok szomoru szivvel. Eppen tegnap emlegettem zongora tanarom volt Victor, megmarad sok szep emlekrolla. Isten adjon erot nektek kibirni ezt a fajdalmat. Nyugodjon Bekebe Victor csoda muveszt. - Posted by: Audrey Aranka Egey-Samu (Victor's parents were wonderfull friends and Victor even tutored me piano lessons, shocking news to) on: Sep 19, 2020

• I am so sorry to hear of Victor's passing. He was an amazing teacher and friend to me. I will treasure the memories I have with him. Victor was knowledgable, intelligent, and humorous. I am deeply saddened to hear of his passing. - Posted by: Whitney Zyluk (Student ) on: Sep 19, 2020

• Vector (as he was called by my children Asha and Riya ) was just a wondeful teacher of piano and really of many other things. (coins, history, theatre, travel, food, film, tv, comedy, politics, the list really is endless of our ten years together.) Our family was right when he came in every Saturday morning to teach the girls. To the family of Victor we are sorry for your loss. But the loss is extremely felt by the Donnelly family. He made music fun for our girls . They did really well with Victor with their music journey. They did not want to disappoint" Vector" and practised for him The enjoyed the comedy duets at their recitals. We all loved him. We miss him Today. (as it is Saturday ) I was a helper for him. Just a dad helper but from my seat, I saw his kindness and effort he put into teaching by girls for every single Saturday and every year (and showing his coins with explanations ! ) Vector gave us joy with music. We will always be grateful. We miss him Brian Donnelly - Posted by: Brian Donnelly (Father of two students, Customer , Friend ) on: Sep 19, 2020

• Les and Joan and Family: We are deeply sorry to hear of the passing of your son Victor. We are thinking of you and praying for you at this difficult times in your lives.. Chris and Colleen - Posted by: Chris and Colleen Souce (Friends and coworker of Les) on: Sep 19, 2020