Robert Lipsett

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Robert C. Lipsett (born October 23, 1947) is a renowned violin teacher in Los Angeles, California.
He holds the Jascha Heifetz Distinguished Violin Chair at the Colburn School of Performing Arts.

In 2004 he received the prestigious NFAA Coca-Cola Company Distinguished Teacher in the Arts Award.

His students have consistently won important competitions including the Julius Stulberg Awards, the Yehudi Menuhin and Irving M. Klein International Violin Competitions, and several have received highest honors from the National Association for the Advancement of the Arts, and been recognized as Presidential Scholars.

Mr. Lipsett received his B.A. in Music from California State University-Northridge. Principal teachers included Ivan Galamian, Ruth Lasley, Zelman Brounoff, Melvin Ritter, and Endre Granat.

He also serves on the faculty at the Encore School for Strings and at the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California. He has given master classes at major schools around the world.

He is a recipient of the Distinguished Teachers Award from the White House Commission for Presidential Scholars. He is also a solo artist, chamber music performer, orchestral musician and freelance commercial musician in motion pictures, television and recording industry.

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