Friedrich Lips
Friedrich Robertowitsch Lips ( Russian Фридрих Робертович Липс ; born November 18, 1948 in Jemanschelinsk ) is a Russian bayanist / accordionist of German origin. Since 2004 he has been professor of the bayan accordion department at the Russian Gnessin Academy , one of two music academies in Moscow . He worked as a concert virtuoso, chamber musician, arranger, book author and teacher. In 1994 he was honored as a People's Artist of the Russian Federation .
biography
Lips was born in 1948 to parents of German origin in the city of Jemanschelinsk ( Chelyabinsk district ). In 1967 he finished his education at the "Mikhail Glinka" music school in Magnitogorsk in the class of E. Kudinow (bayan, conducting). He then went to Moscow to the State Gnessin Institute for Music Education, where he was a master student of Sergei Kolobkow and took his exams in his class in 1972 (bayan, conducting) and completed his postgraduate studies in 1974 .
From 1971 onwards he worked as a teacher at the Gnessin Institute. In 1980 he was appointed lecturer and in 1989 professor . Since 1996 he has been Head of the folk instruments - which the Bayan - Accordion is assigned - at the now renamed the Russian Academy of Music Institute. As a visiting professor he taught at institutions and academies in Irun , Spain; Groningen , Netherlands; Royal Academy, London ; Tianjin , Shanghai, China. As a guest lecturer, he is internationally active in seminars, master classes and educational courses and also acted as a juror in music competitions. In 1989 he founded the international music festival Bayan and Bayanists in Moscow, which he is artistic director, and initiated the Moscow Silver Disc Music Prize for bayan accordion soloists.
During his work as a teacher, musicians emerged from his classes who have since become award winners of national and international competitions, concert musicians and educators: Witali Muntjan, Wladimir Dolgopolow, Sergei Najko, Peter Gerter, Enwer Seit-Abdulow, Ilya Kurtjew, Wladimir Korol , Dmitri Sakharov, Juri Prokhorov, Alexander Chernikov, Irina Jarosch, Juri Kalashnikov, Valeri Dubowik, Alexander Ushakow, Alexei Artemjew, Alexander Kowtun, Vladimir Chugunov, Pavel Saizew, Alexander Schmykow, Evgeni Grechow, Tatjana Semitschowastnaja, Sergeei Anton Sevastnaja Woitenko, Michail Burlakow, Alexander Gataullin, Aidar Gainullin, Irina Vlasowa, Alexej Lavrentjew, Stanislaw Wenglewskij, Maria Vlassowa, Semion Schmelkow, Iosif Puriz (Russia); Max Bonnay, Christine Bonnay, Jean-Luc Manca, Judith Borto, Boban Bjelitsch, Sascha Zvetic, Sinisa Voljavec, Dusan Michailovic, Ińaki Alberdi, Raimondas Sviackevicius.
As a performing artist, Friedrich Lips was first prize winner at the international music competitions in Klingenthal ( GDR ) in 1969 . In 1970 he was signed to the state Soviet concert agency Goskonzert . This began his career as a concert virtuoso and chamber musician. In the following 30 years of uninterrupted concert activity, concerts took him to the USA, Canada, China, France, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, Japan, Norway, Denmark, to concert halls (including the Great Hall of the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow , Concertgebouw Amsterdam , Suntory Hall Tokyo, Lincoln Center New York , JF Kennedy Center Washington ), to the musicians Gidon Kremer , Wladimir Igolinski, Yo-Yo Ma , Vladimir Toncha, Mark Pekarski and to the composers Sergei Berinski, Michail Bronner, Alexander Cholminow , Evgeni Derbenko, Edison Denissow, Sofia Gubaidulina , Efrem Podgaiz, Alfred Schnittke , Wladislaw Solotarjow , Kirill Wolkow, Roman Ledenjow, Tatjana Sergejewa, Vladimir Ryabov.
meaning
His fame has grown beyond the boundaries of the relevant bayan accordion music scene. Increasingly, he dedicates himself to the connection to other instruments, in chamber music and symphonic settings. He has worked in chamber music ensembles and has given concerts with orchestras under the direction of Gennadi Roschdestwenski , Vladimir Spiwakow , Juri Baschmet , Oleg Agarkow, Timur Mynbajew, Juri Nikolajewski, Yūji Takahashi , Luka Pfaff, Lew Markis, Dmitri Liss, Walery Gergiev . The influence of Friedrich Lips on the musical development of music and culture for the bayan accordion is extraordinary and can already be described with the attribute "of historical importance". With unbroken commitment he endeavors to introduce the instrument bayan accordion to the broadest possible number of international composers and musicians. A multitude of new works for the bayan accordion in various formations can be attributed to his endeavors to achieve his constant work. Many works were dedicated to him personally, more than 50 works were premiered by him and 100 compositions - on more than two dozen CDs alone - recorded and published in various countries in America, Europe and Asia. The CD Seven Words , released in Moscow, was awarded the Diapason d'or in Paris in 1991 as CD of the year . In the USA, the CD Russian and Trepak was awarded 3rd prize in the classical solo album category with 25,500 nominated CDs in a competition organized by Just Plain Folks Music Awards 2006 .
Friedrich Lips not only leaves the creative work as an author to the others, but as the arranger himself has brought works of musical art from the classical and modern times for the bayan accordion into a work form that expresses the possibilities of the instrument. He is also the author of music theory writings, articles and specialist books of importance. B. the titles Iskustvo igry na bajane (Moscow, 1985), The Art of Bayan Playing (Kamen, 1991), Ob iskustve bajannoi transkripzii (Moscow, 1999), The Art of Bayan Playing (Kamen, 2000), The Art of Editing Classical Music for accordion (Kamen, 2017), The Art of Arranging Classical music for Accordion (Kamen, 2018), It seems like it was yesterday ... (Moscow, 2018).
Awards
- In 1982 he was awarded the state award "Honored Artist" for his extraordinary achievements.
- 1993 Silver disc of the festival "Bajan and Bajanisten"
- 1994 state award " People's Artist of Russia "
- 2001 Musical Review: "Person of the Year"
- 2001 Order of Friendship
- In 2005 the Children's Art School No. 1 in Jemanschelinsk was named after him, their first graduate.
- 2006 honorary citizen of the Jemanschelinsk district of the Chelyabinsk region
- 2008 “Bright Past” award from the O. Mityaev Foundation and the government of the Chelyabinsk region
- 2008Gold Medal of the Moscow Security Committee on the twentieth anniversary of the Moscow Autumn Festival
- 2009 Russian Performing Arts Foundation: Golden Talent of Russia Diploma.
- 2010 Honorary Professor at the London Academy of Music (Great Britain)
- 2011 Moscow City Prize.
- 2015 laureate of the International Music Education Prize Ippolitova-Ivanova named after him.
- As part of the “2019 World Music Awards”, Friedrich Lips was voted “Musician of the Year” by the Accordion Stars Illustrated Magazine in New York, he received a “Lifetime Achievement Award” and was inducted into the “Accordion World Hall of Fame”.
World premieres
| year | place | Artist) | piece |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Moscow (Soviet Union) | Vladislav Zolotaryov | Sonata No. 2 (dedicated to Friedrich Lips) |
| 1972 | Sonata No. 3 (dedicated to Friedrich Lips) | ||
| 1975 | Alexander Schurbin | Fantasy and Fugue (dedicated to Friedrich Lips) | |
| Toccata (new arrangement) | |||
| Vladislav Zolotaryov | Five compositions | ||
| Children's suite no 4 | |||
| Children's suite no 6 | |||
| 1976 | Vladislav Zolotaryov | Spanish rhapsody “Ispaniada” (dedicated to Friedrich Lips) | |
| Ferapont Monastery | |||
| Children's suite no 5 | |||
| 1977 | Kirill Volkov | Sonata No. 1 (dedicated to Friedrich Lips) | |
| Vladislav Zolotaryov | “Concert Symphony No. 1” for bayan and symphony orchestra | ||
| 1978 | Alexander Schurbin | Concert-Diptych (new arrangement) | |
| Vladimir Podgorniy | Prelude in memoriam Vl. Zolotaryov | ||
| 1979 | Nikita Bogoslovsky | Three Russian pieces: fairy tales, round dance, dance | |
| 1980 | Kirill Volkov | Sonata No. 2 | |
| Sofia Gubaidulina | De profundis (dedicated to Friedrich Lips) | ||
| 1982 | Alexander Schurbin | Sonata No. 2 “Nostalgia” (dedicated to Friedrich Lips) | |
| Pyotr Londonov | Scherzo Toccata | ||
| Sofia Gubaidulina | Partita “Seven Words” for bayan, violoncello and chamber orchestra (dedicated to Friedrich Lips and Vladimir Toncha) | ||
| 1984 | Alexander Schurbin | Sonata No. 3 “Walk through the Neskutschni sad” (dedicated to Friedrich Lips) | |
| Vladimir Podgorniy | Fantasy on the Ukrainian folk song “Hey Du Wind, sweep through your country”, second arrangement (dedicated to Friedrich Lips) | ||
| 1986 | Oslo (Norway) | Trygve Madsen | Partita in 4 movements for 2 Bajans |
| 1987 | Moscow (Soviet Union) | Sofia Gubaidulina | Sonata “Et exspecto” in 5 movements (dedicated to Friedrich Lips) |
| Yevgeny Derbenko | Toccata (dedicated to Friedrich Lips) | ||
| Edison Denisov | Fantasy on Soviet songs from the 1930s “The steamer drives past the harbor” for bayan, piano and percussion | ||
| 1989 | Karstula (Finland) | Yevgeny Derbenko | Prelude and Toccata |
| 1990 | Sochi (Soviet Union) | Vladimir Belyayev | Sonata No. 1 (dedicated to Friedrich Lips) |
| 1991 | Moscow (Soviet Union) | Sergei Berinsky | “Il dolce dolore” for bayan and violoncello |
| Alexander Rosenblat | “Waltz and Blues for Two” for bayan and violoncello | ||
| Vladislav Zolotaryov | “Concert Symphony No. 2” for bayan and symphony orchestra | ||
| Kirill Volkov | “Stichera” for bayan and violoncello (dedicated to Friedrich Lips and Vladimir Toncha) | ||
| Brussels (Belgium) | Sergei Berinsky | Partita “Also sprach Zarathustra” (dedicated to Friedrich Lips) | |
| 1992 | Amsterdam, Netherlands) | Bogdan Precz | Praeambulum and Toccata (dedicated to Friedrich Lips) |
| Moscow (Soviet Union) - Russian UA |
Sofia Gubaidulina | “Silenzio”, five pieces for bayan, violin and violoncello | |
| 1993 | Moscow, Russia) | Sergei Berinsky | Three pieces in “mauvais” style |
| 1994 | Gioacchino Rossini / Jewgenij Derbenko | tarantella | |
| Sergei Berinsky | “Miserere” for soprano, bayan and piano (dedicated to Friedrich and Swjatoslaw Lips) | ||
| 1995 | Klingenthal (Germany) | Vladimir Kobekin | “Holidays for Two” for bayan and percussion |
| Amsterdam, Netherlands) | Boudewijn Tarenskeen | “Requiem” for bayan and violoncello | |
| Alexander Larin | Three pieces for bayan | ||
| 1996 | Moscow, Russia) | Sergei Berinsky | Symphony No. 3 “… and the sky was darkened” (Apocalypse, Chapter 6) for bayan and symphony orchestra |
| Alexander Wustin | “The Disappearance” for bayan, violoncello and chamber orchestra (dedicated to Friedrich Lips and Vladimir Toncha) | ||
| Edison Denisov | “From twilight to light” for Bajan | ||
| 1997 | Amsterdam, Netherlands) | Alfred Schnittke | “Two little pieces for organ” (version for bayan) |
| Vladimir Ryabov | “The River of Love”, Capriccio for Bajan (dedicated to Friedrich Lips) | ||
| Groningen (Netherlands) | Sergei Berinsky | “Light waves” (dedicated to Friedrich Lips and Miny Dekkers) | |
| Portogruaro (Italy) | “Meereswelt”, poem for violin and bayan | ||
| Moscow, Russia) | Sergei Berinsky | "Cinema" | |
| Michail Bronner | “Traumgarten” for bayan and violoncello (dedicated to Friedrich Lips and Vladimir Toncha) | ||
| 1998 | Moscow, Russia) | Roman Ledenev | "... Behind the Russian Landscape" (dedicated to Friedrich Lips) |
| Tatyana Sergeyeva | “Yasmine”, Tango for bayan and piano (dedicated to Friedrich and Swjatoslaw Lips) | ||
| Portogruaro (Italy) | Michail Bronner | “Evenings near Moscow” for bayan, clarinet, violin, violoncello and double bass | |
| 1999 | Moscow, Russia) | Michail Bronner | “Judas Passion” for bayan and chamber orchestra (dedicated to Friedrich Lips) |
| Alexander Kholminov | “Symphony” for bayan solo (dedicated to Friedrich Lips) | ||
| Efrem Podgaits | “Fantasy in memory Alfred Schnittke” (dedicated to Friedrich Lips) | ||
| 2000 | Kuhmo (Finland) | Merab Gagnidze | "No comment" for Bajan |
| 2001 | Moscow, Russia) | Tatyana Sergeyeva | “Dunkelrote Rose” Tango for Quintet “Piazzolla-Studio” |
| 2002 | Klingenthal (Germany) | Efrem Podgaits | “Lips Concert” for bayan and symphony orchestra |
| 2003 | Stockholm (Sweden) | Sofia Gubaidulina | “Under the Sign of the Scorpion” (variations on six hexachords) for bayan and symphony orchestra |
| Milwaukee (USA) | Efrem Podgaits | “Ex Animo” for bayan and string quartet (dedicated to Friedrich Lips and the Fine Arts Quartet) | |
| 2004 | Moscow, Russia) | Michail Bronner | “Katuv” for bayan, piano and symphony orchestra (dedicated to Friedrich and Swjatoslaw Lips) |
| 2006 | Moscow, Russia) | Roman Ledenev | “Evening love songs” for Bajan (dedicated to Friedrich Lips) |
| Alexander Kholminov | “Herbstmelodie” for Bajan (dedicated to Friedrich Lips) | ||
| Efrem Podgaits | Sonata in 3 movements (dedicated to Friedrich Lips) | ||
| Milwaukee (USA) | Yehuda Yannay | “Bayannayab” for 2 Bajans | |
| 2008 | Moscow, Russia) | Giya Kancheli | “KAPOTE” for bayan and chamber orchestra (Russian premiere) |
| Efrem Podgaits | “Viva voce” - Concerto No. 2 for chamber orchestra (dedicated to Friedrich Lips) | ||
| “Ave Maria” for violoncello and bayan (dedicated to Vladimir Toncha and Friedrich Lips) | |||
| “Cocktail Rio Rita” for bayan, violin, violoncello, piano and percussion (dedicated to Friedrich Lips) | |||
| Michael Bronner | “Eclipse” (dedicated to Friedrich Lips) | ||
| Roman Ledenev | “Ave Maria” for violoncello and bayan | ||
| 2009 | Tatyana Sergeyeva | "Amaryllis" for bayan and piano (dedicated to Friedrich and Swjatoslaw Lips) | |
| 2010 | Alexander Cholminov | Concerto for bayan and large symphony orchestra (dedicated to Friedrich Lips) | |
| 2011 | Tatyana Sergeyeva | “Night Flowers” for bayan and piano (dedicated to Friedrich and Swjatoslaw Lips) | |
| Sofia Gubaidulina | “Tatar Dance” for bayan and two double basses (Russian premiere) | ||
| “Fachwerk” for bayan and strings (Russian premiere) | |||
| 2012 | Michael Bronner | “Seven Jewish Songs” for bayan and chamber orchestra | |
| 2013 | Minsk (Belarus) | Konstantin Jaskow | “Hymn to Aphrodite” for bayan and chamber orchestra |
| Evora (Portugal) | Alexander Cholminov | "Moment" for Bajan (dedicated to Friedrich Lips) | |
| 2017 | Moscow, Russia) | Michael Bronner | “I float on waves of love”, eight sonnets for bayan and chamber orchestra |
| 2018 | Efrem Podgaits | “Doppelter Spiegel” for violoncello, bayan and symphony orchestra | |
| “Odessa-Quodlibet” for violin, bayan, violoncello and piano |
Web links
- Website from Friedrich Lips
- Friedrich Lips at Discogs (English)
- Friedrich Lips at Allmusic (English)
- Lips on accordions.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Friedrich Lips Hon ARAM Accordion-Visiting Professor of Accordion World-renowned as a concert virtuoso, Chamber Musician, arranger, educator Author of the book 'The Art of Bayan Playing': Staff - Friedrich Lips - Royal Academy of Music. Retrieved January 23, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lips, Friedrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lips, Friedrich Robertowitsch (full name); Липс, Фридрих Робертович (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian accordionist and university teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 18, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Yemanshelinsk |