Background
Gavriel Lipkind was born in 1977 in Tel Aviv as the second child of an academic family that had emigrated from Russia.
Gavriel Lipkind was born in 1977 in Tel Aviv as the second child of an academic family that had emigrated from Russia.
He began to play cello at the age of six, made his radio performance debut at the age of eight, and studied at the South. Rubin Music Academy of Tel Aviv University under classical musician Uzi Wiesel. He graduated from the Tel Aviv University, the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts, and the New England Conservatory.
Lipkind made his radio debut performance aged eight, left Israel at an age of about 18, and received degrees from three music colleges. Lipkind released two albums in 2006 and tours solo and with the Lipkind-Quartet. Lipkind left Israel aged almost 18 and had his military service waived.
He worked with Gidon Kremer, Yuri Bashmet, Pinchas Zukerman, and Yehudi Menuhin, performed in broadcasting, and played as a soloist with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the Munich Philharmonic, and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.
During this time, which would last three years, he made musicological studies, recordings, and revised his repertoire, and was included in a German documentary, The Solitude Cycle - A Journey to the Limits, about musical collaboration. From 2005 to 2006, Lipkind was a fellow of the Akademie Schloss Solitude.
In 2006, he released the albums Miniatures & Folklore and Johann Sebastian Bach: 6 Suites a Violoncello Solo Senza Basso through Edel Music. Lipkind worked for two years on a production with pianist Roman Zaslavsky, and created the Lipkind Quartet.
His 2009 touring schedule included concerts in the Netherlands, Japan, Ireland, and Switzerland.
Lipkind gives cello master classes in Germany, the United States, Israel, and the Netherlands. Lipkind plays an Italian cello labeled "Aloysius Michael Garani (Bologna, 1702)". lieutenant is called "Zihrhonheimer cello" and estimated to have been built between 1670 and 1680.