Russian violinist Natasha Lipkina received her education in the Central Special School of Music, the Moscow Conservatory, and Indiana University where she studied with Boris Belenky, Igor Bezrodny, and Miriam Fried. She has performed as a recitalist in Russia and in countries from the former Soviet Union and has performed with orchestras as a soloist in Russia, Romania, Germany, Finland, Japan, and the United States. She has won prizes in the Enescu Violin Competition (Romania) and in the Shostakovich Chamber Music Competition (St. Petersburg). She has performed on Moscow Radio and TV programs.

While at Indiana University, Ms. Lipkina began to study viola with Atar Arad and made her viola debut in the Dubinsky Quartet later that year. She has since participated in festivals as both a violinist and violist including Marlboro, Norfolk, Grand Teton, Rauma (Finland), Waterloo (Belgium), and Musique et Amitie (Switzerland) festivals, among others. She performed with chamber orchestras such as St. Luke’s Orchestra, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, and SONYC, and made several tours in Japan with NY Symphonic Ensemble. She is a sought after chamber music and a recording artist and frequently performs as a member of various ensembles and orchestras, including her own Manhattan Counterpoint Ensemble.

Ms. Lipkina is also a committed and devoted teacher. She opened a private studio in Manhattan and has been on the faculties of the music department of New York University School of Education and the Children's Orchestra Society. She is also conducting regular master classes and workshops, and adjudicating music competitions.


PROGRAM

Sonata in E major for Violin and Piano Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

Sonata for Violin and Piano Op. 134 Dimitri Shostakovich (1906–1975)

Fratres Arvo Pärt (b. 1935)