The Violin Channel recently sat down with violist Matthew Lipman, a performer at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and a faculty member at Stony Brook University, for a wide-ranging game of 20 Questions.

 

VC Artist Matthew Lipman won top prizes at competitions including the Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition and the Washington, Johansen and Stulberg International String Competitions, and he was a recipient of the Avery Fisher Career Grant. He has performed as a soloist with ensembles including the Minnesota Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic, and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, and his recital appearances include venues such as Carnegie Hall and the Aspen Music Festival.

An avid chamber musician, Lipman holds the Susan and Ken Wallach Endowed Chair at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, an appointment of which he was the first recipient. A graduate of the Juilliard School and the Kronberg Academy, where he studied with Heidi Castleman and Tabea Zimmermann, Lipman is currently on the faculty of Stony Brook University.