Igor Kipnis (27 September 1930 - 24 January 2002) was a well-known American harpsichordist and pianist. Events 489 - Odoacer attacks Theodoric at the Battle of Verona and is defeated again Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 41 - Gaius Caesar (Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel Despotism, is Assassinated by his disgruntled See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A harpsichord is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers
The son of Russian bass Alexander Kipnis (1891 - 1978), and born in Berlin, he moved to the United States with his family in 1938. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Alexander Kipnis (Олександр Кіпнiс born ( February 13, (February 1 Julian calendar 1891 in Zhytomyr, the capital of the government of Volhynia Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He learned the piano with his maternal grandfather, Heniot Levy (1879 - 1946); attended the Westport School of Music, and received his B. A. from Harvard University. He studied harpsichord with Fernando Valenti, and made his concert debut in New York in 1959. A harpsichord is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. Fernando Valenti (4 December 1926 - 6 September 1990 was an American harpsichordist New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous He was an honorary member of Phi Beta Kappa (Harvard, 1977), and in 1993 he was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters by Illinois Wesleyan University. Illinois Wesleyan University is an independent undergraduate University located in Bloomington, Illinois.
Kipnis lived in Redding, Connecticut. For five years he was President and Artistic Director of the Friends of Music of Fairfield County, the Connecticut chamber music series, in addition to having served thirteen years as co-artistic director of the Connecticut Early Music Festival.
His wife, Judith Robison, died March 1, 2001 of myocardial infarction, complicated by Supra Anti-Diuretic complications (Robison Syndrome).
He died in his home in Redding, Connecticut of renal cancer. Redding is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. "Kidney Cancer" redirects here For Wilms' Tumor/Nephroblastoma see Wilms' tumor. His last concert was in October 2001. He was survived by his son, film and record producer Jeremy R. Kipnis and his wife Carolina R. Kipnis.
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Musical career
Following his debut in 1959, harpsichordist, fortepianist, duo-pianist, and clavichordist Kipnis performed in recital and as soloist with orchestras throughout the world, including North, Central, and South America, Western and Eastern Europe, Israel, and Australia. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics.
Igor Kipnis performed as harpsichord soloist with the New York Philharmonic, the Chicago, Pittsburgh, St. The New York Philharmonic is the oldest active Symphony Orchestra in the United States, organized during 1842 Louis, Louisville, Dallas, Denver, Baltimore, Milwaukee, Seattle, Vancouver, Honolulu, and National Symphonies, the Minnesota Orchestra, the Capella Cracoviensis, the Boston Pops, the Munich Philharmonic, the New Amsterdam Sinfonietta, the Los Angeles, St. The Münchner Philharmoniker ( Munich Philharmonic) is one of three orchestras located in the city of Munich, along with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Paul, Cologne, Israel, New Stockholm, McGill, and Polish Chamber Orchestras, the New York Chamber Symphony, the Smithsonian Chamber Players, the Sinfonia of Sydney, and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields. The Academy of St Martin in the Fields is an English chamber Orchestra. His appearances at international festivals included those of Ansbach, the International Bach Academy, and Ludwigsburg in Germany, the Bath Festival in Great Britain, Gulbenkian in Portugal, Lanaudière in Canada, the Israel Festival, the Melbourne International Festival of Organ and Harpsichord, the Madeira Bach Festival, Poland's Music in Old Crakow, and Prague Spring. Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The Israel Festival is a multidisciplinary arts festival held every spring in Israel.
Kipnis' enormous harpsichord repertoire encompassed not only the traditional 16th through the 18th Century composers but also includes contemporary music and jazz as well. He is especially noted for his entertaining concert-length presentation, The Light and Lively Harpsichord, which samples the full range of the harpsichord repertoire, from Bach to Brubeck, as well as for his informal mini-concerts whose format he has extensively pioneered at college student centers throughout the United States, and, additionally, for his performances and recordings on related early keyboard instruments, the fortepiano and clavichord, and for directing ensembles from the keyboard. WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section.2 This article is written in British English including maximised use of "-ise" David Warren Brubeck (born December 6, 1920 in Concord California) better known as Dave Brubeck, is an American jazz pianist Fortepiano designates the early version of the Piano, from its invention by the Italian instrument maker Bartolomeo Cristofori around 1700 up to the early 19th century The clavichord is a European stringed Keyboard instrument known from the late Medieval, through the Renaissance, Baroque and Classical In 1995, he formed a duo with New York pianist, Karen Kushner, internationally performing works for (modern) piano, four hands.
Broadcasting
A frequent guest on both television and radio, such as the syndicated program, First Hearing, Kipnis for three seasons hosted his own The Age of Baroque over WQXR in New York and was host on WGBH-Boston’s syndicated program, "The Classical Organ. WQXR-FM (963 FM) is a Radio station in New York City, licensed to The New York Times. " In 1978, he was the first harpsichordist to perform on the Grammy Awards telecast. The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
Editions, reviews and articles
Oxford University Press has published numerous of his keyboard editions, including his anthology, A First Harpsichord Book. He was also noted for his record reviews and articles in such periodicals as The International Classical Record Collector, The International Piano Quarterly, Gramophone Early Music, Goldberg, Early Music America, the internet music magazines Music & Vision and Stereo Times, Stereophile, Audio, FI, Schwann/Opus, Stereo Review, The American Record Guide, Clavier, Opus, Chamber Music Magazine, Early Keyboard Studies Newsletter, and The Yale Review, as well as having written for the Washington Post, the New York Post, and the New York Herald Tribune. The Yale Review is the self-proclaimed oldest literary quarterly in the United States. The Washington Post is the largest and most circulated Newspaper in Washington D The New York Post is the 13th-oldest Newspaper published in the United States and generally acknowledged as the oldest to have been published continually The New York Herald Tribune was a daily newspaper created in 1924 when the New York Tribune acquired the New York Herald. He was also involved in compiling a Harpsichord Resource Book for Greenwood Press, editing the harpsichord and clavichord volume of a two-volume Encyclopedia of Keyboard Instruments to be published by Garland, writing a harpsichord tutor for Oxford University Press, and, for Amadeus Press, preparing a biography of his father, the late Metropolitan Opera bass, Alexander Kipnis.
Recordings
He was a prolific recording artist with 81 albums to his credit, of which 55 were solo. Among the honors he received were 6 Grammy Nominations, 3 "Record of the Year" Awards from Stereo Review , the 1969 Deutsche Schallplatten Prize, and the 1988 Gold Star award from the Italian periodical, Musica. Keyboard, in that magazine's annual readers' poll, named him "Best Harpsichordist" in 1978, 1979, and 1980 and "Best Classical Keyboardist" in 1982 and 1986.
Among his last record releases were The Virtuoso Scarlatti, fifteen sonatas played on five harpsichords after historical prototypes built by Hubbard of Boston and Vivaldi‘s Four Seasons in which he directed members of the Connecticut Early Music Festival from the keyboard (both on Chesky), Sony CD reissues of The Spanish Harpsichord, the complete Bach Harpsichord Concertos with Neville Marriner conducting, Bach’s Italian Concerto and Second English Suite (together with works for clavichord), Harpsichord - Greatest Hits, as well as the complete Fantasias of J. The Italian Concerto, BWV 971 original title Concerto nach Italienischem Gusto ( Concerto after the Italian taste) published S. Bach for harpsichord and clavichord (on Arabesque), A Treasury of Harpsichord Favorites and Mozart on the 1793 Fortepiano (two anthologies on Music & Arts), and Igor Kipnis - The First Solo Harpsichord Recordings (on VAI).
He recorded for Epiphany, Chesky, Angel (EMI), Sony Music/CBS, VAI, Arabesque, Music & Arts Programs of America, London (Decca), Musical Heritage Society, Intercord, Teichiku, Nonesuch, MCA, CRI, Grenadilla, Vanguard, Nitepro, King, Start, MCA, Golden Crest and Newport Classic.
External links
- Mind My Harpsichord!, In Affectionate Memory of Igor Kipnis, by Bill Newman, Music & Vision, March 15, 2002, retrieved October 4, 2006
- A Man of Many Talents, by Jennifer Paull, January 25, 2002, retrieved October 4, 2006
- Stereophile Obituary, by Wes Phillips, February 3, 2002, retrieved October 4, 2006
- Biography, by Joseph Stevenson, allmusic, retrieved October 4, 2006
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