VC ARTIST

Matthew will make his exciting Vanguard Concerts debut this upcoming season.

“An Exhilarating Young Performer With Unparalleled Imaginativity”

- The Violin Channel

A graduate of The Juilliard School and the Kronberg Academy, where he studied with Heidi Castleman and Tabea Zimmermann, Matthew Lipman is a former prize winner at the Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition and the Washington, Johansen and Stulberg International String Competitions. He is also a recipient of a prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant.

(Photo credit: Jiyang Chen)

His recent debuts include solo performances with the Minnesota Orchestra, Illinois Philharmonic, Grand Rapids Symphony, and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, and recitals at Carnegie Hall, Aspen Music Festival, and New World Symphony Viola Visions.

Matthew holds the Susan and Ken Wallach Endowed Chair at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and was recently appointed as a member of the Honorary Committee at the Music Institute of Chicago and as the American Viola Society Artist-in-Residence.