Gavriel Lipkind
Gavriel Lipkind (*1977 in Tel-Aviv), is an israeli cellist
Biography
Born in 1977 in Israel, he very early enjoyed a stellar rise to fame and appeared in some of the world’s most prestigious venues with orchestras such as the Israel Philharmonic, the Munich Philharmonic and the Baltimore Symphony, working alongside outstanding musicians such as Zubin Mehta, Philippe Entremont, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Yehudi Menuhin, Pinchas Zukerman, Yuri Bashmet and Gidon Kremer.
Having graduated from three major academies on three continents and having won more than twelve top prizes in major competitions, Lipkind found himself at the pinnacle of his youthful achievements.
The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung wrote of him: „A new star ascends the cello sky...The young Israeli cellist is one of the major musicians to have entered the music scene in recent years...“
In spite of his fulminant success as a musician, Lipkind decided aged 23 to take a sabbatical to focus wholly on the innermost depths of his musicianship - to work reflectively on his repertoire, liaise with composers and make recordings of the highest quality. At this pivotal point in his development Lipkind produced two contrasting recordings: Miniatures and Folklore, featuring his own arrangements and Single Voice Polyphony (Volume I), showcasing Johann Sebastian Bach Suites for Violoncello solo. These productions have already become celebrated jewels in the music world and represent very different, yet equally important facets of Lipkind’s musical creativity – his own compositional voice, coupled with a deep knowledge of the cello – and both show him moving from strength to strength as a conceptual musician and a true expressive virtuoso. As well as all the major works for cello, Lipkind’s repertoire now also encompasses numerous rarities, newly commissioned works and his own arrangements and transcriptions.
"...Lipkind is a total one-off... he plays as if possessed... This was edge-of-the-seat, white knuckle playing..." The Independent (five stars review *****)
"Gavriel Lipkind… proves that he is certainly the finest cellist playing today." (Bernard Greenhouse, 2006)
Instrument
Gavriel Lipkind plays an A.M. Garani (Bologna, 1702)
Competitions
- 1993 - Aldo Parisot Cello Competition – 1. Prize
- 1993 - Paul Ben-Haim Competition of Israeli Music – 1. Prize
- 1994 - A&M Clairmont Cello Competition – 1. Prize
- 1994 - 5th Rostropovich International Cello Competition in Paris - ‘most promising cellist’ Prize.
- 1995 - Awarded status of an Excellent Musician of the Israeli Army. (NAGAN MITZTAYEN)
- 1996 - Francois Shapira Strings Competition – 1. Prize
- 1997 - 2nd Leonard Rose International Cello Competition in Washington D.C. - Top prize
- 1997 - Israeli Radio ‘Young Artists’ Strings Competition – 1. Prize
- 1998 - ‘Premio V.Gui’ Int. Chamber Music Competition – 3. Prize
- 1998 - ‘Trio di Triest’ Int. Chamber Music Competition – 3. Prize
- 1998 - ARD International Music Competition in München – 4. Prize and special prize
- 1998 - Villecroze Academy of Music Prize –
- 2000 - 1st International Pablo Casals Cello Competition in Kronberg i.T. – 3. Prize
- 2001 - ‘Violoncello Competition des Freundkreis’, Karlsruhe – 1. Prize
- 2002 - Grand Prix Emanuel Feuermann, Berlin – Prize for the best interpretation of the Mozart Flute Concerto in D-Major. Prize for the best world premiere of Aribert Reimann Solo II. The prizes were given by Daniel Barenboim, Otto Schily and Aribert Reimann.
Current Releases
- 2006: Johann Sebastian Bach, Suites for Cello Solo ( Single Voice Polyphony I )
- 2006: Miniatures & Folklore, Gavriel Lipkind,cello; Alexandra Lubchansky, piano