Gavriel Lipkind - Cello
Gavriel Lipkind is an intriguing and dynamic
musician on stage, and also a person of
great creativity and thought, intellectual
involvement and kindness.
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 Bach
Cello Suites. 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 plays an A.M. Garani cello (Bologna,
1702) sponsored by the Commerzbank.
...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) |
"Gavriel
Lipkind is a truly unique musician, a wonder
I discovered lately. An artist, a
philosopher. Watching him play his unusual
A. M. Garani cello (Bologne, 1702) he seems
completely possessed by the music and its
projection and communication into space.
When I heard Gavriel play the Ligeti sonata
for cello solo, I sensed the same emotion I
felt years ago as young Rostropovich gave
his first appearance in the West. In July
2007 Gavriel participated at the Musica
Mundi Festival in Genval.
Maxim Vengerov happened to cancel his
performance at the Festival at the very last
minute and Gavriel accepted the challenge to
replace him. The Hall was sold out and of
course the public was disappointed by the
change. In minutes, Gavriel conquered and
seduced the audience and got numerous
standing ovations after each piece in the
program and the many encores.
I am convinced that Gavriel Lipkind is the
upcoming young star of the cello."
Carlo Schreiber
DISCOGRAPHY
Miniatures & Folklore Gavriel Lipkind, Cello
Alexandra Lubchansky, Piano
A compilation of 23 short pieces for cello
arranged and revised by Gavriel Lipkind.
 Single
Voice Polyphony I - Bach Suites - 3x Super
Audio CDs
A revolutionary reassessment of one of the
most recorded pieces for string instruments
 Gavriel
Lipkind - violoncelle, Angelika Merkle -
piano
Compilation recorded at the Academie
Musicale de Villecroze
web:
http://www.lipkind.info |
