- Robert Lipsett
Robert C. Lipsett (born
October 23 ,1947 ) is a renownedviolin teacher inLos Angeles ,California .
He holds theJascha Heifetz Distinguished Violin Chair at theColburn School of Performing Arts.
In 2004 he received the prestigious NFAA
Coca-Cola Company Distinguished Teacher in the Arts Award.His students have consistently won important competitions including the Julius Stulberg Awards, the Yehudi Menuhin and Irving M. Klein International Violin Competitions, and several have received highest honors from the National Association for the Advancement of the Arts, and been recognized as
Presidential Scholars .Mr. Lipsett received his B.A. in Music from
California State University-Northridge . Principal teachers includedIvan Galamian , Ruth Lasley, Zelman Brounoff, Melvin Ritter, andEndre Granat .He also serves on the faculty at the
Encore School for Strings and at theThornton School of Music at the University of Southern California. He has given master classes at major schools around the world.He is a recipient of the Distinguished Teachers Award from the White House Commission for Presidential Scholars. He is also a solo artist, chamber music performer, orchestral musician and freelance commercial musician in motion pictures, television and recording industry.
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Elizabeth Pitcairn , Virtuoso violinist, concert artist and Concertmaster of theNew West Symphony
*Robert Chen , Concertmaster of theChicago Symphony
*Sheryl Staples , Principal Associate Concertmaster of theNew York Philharmonic
*Michelle Kim , Assistant Concertmaster of theNew York Philharmonic
*Tamaki Kawakubo , concert artist
*Hahn-Bin , concert artist
*Leila Josefowicz , concert artist
*Lindsay Deutsch , concert artist
*Jennifer Frautschi , concert artist
*Zlata Grekov , concert artist
*Samuel Fischer, teacher at theColburn School of Performing Arts
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