Igor Kipnis
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About
Igor Kipnis (27 September 1930 - 24 January 2002) was a well-known American harpsichordist and pianist. The son of Russian bass Alexander Kipnis (1891 - 1978), and born in Berlin, he moved to the United States with his family in 1938. 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.
Discography
Keyboard Sonatas
Album2001Solo Partita No. 3 / No. 5 / No. 6
Album2000Solo Partitas Nos. 1, 2 & 4
Album2000Barocke Pracht Festliche Konzerte von Johann Sebastian Bach
Album1997Dukas: La Péri / De Falla: El sombrero de tres picos / Concerto for Harpsichord, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Violin and Violoncello
Album1995The Instrument of Kings
Album1994The Spanish Harpsichord
Album1993Italian Concerto / English Suite no. 2 / 12 Little Preludes
Album19936 Flute Sonatas
Album1993The Four Seasons / Flute Concerto in D "Il Gardellino" / Harpsichord Concerto in A major
Album1993
