- Date Of Birth: August 12, 1953
- Date Of Death: February 24, 2021
- Spouse: Marge Ostroushko
- Children: Anna
- Occupation: Violinist and mandolinist
- City: Minneapolis
- State: Minnesota
Peter Ostroushko (August 12, 1953 – February 24, 2021) was an American violinist and mandolinist. He performed regularly on the radio program A Prairie Home Companion and with a variety of bands and orchestras in Minneapolis–Saint Paul and nationally. He won a regional Emmy Award for the soundtrack he composed for the documentary series Minnesota: A History of the Land (2005).
Born August 12, 1953, and of Ukrainian ancestry, Ostroushko grew up in northeast Minneapolis where he first took up mandolin at age three. He released numerous recordings and was a regular performer on the A Prairie Home Companion radio program.
Ostroushko was married to public radio producer Marge Ostroushko. They have one daughter, Anna.
Ostroushko suffered a stroke in January 2018 and stopped performing. A GoFundMe page was set up to assist with medical bills. He died of heart failure on February 24, 2021 at the age of 67. – Available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License from Wikipedia.
