NATALIA LIPNITSKAYA
Belarusian classical guitarist Natalia Lipnitskaya is a scholarship recipient of Yehudi Menuhin’s Live Music Now Foundation and a first prize winner of several international competitions. She has given concerts and master classes throughout Europe, Latin America, South America and the United States.
"The music was played so magically that it is hard to find anything to say about her that does not sound over the top.”
-Classical Guitar Magazine
CD: Bach Transcriptions pour guitare
Asencio's "Tango de la Casada Infiel" played by Natalia Lipnitskaya on a Teodoro Perez 'Concierto'
Natalia Lipnitskaya - Portret de artist Sinaia 2013
Natalia Lipnitskaya in Sinaia Romania International Guitar Festival 2013
SCHEDULEE
2
2021
Metropolitan State University, Denver in Denver CO:
Outdoor Concert: Tuesday, June 22, 2021 - 8pm
Technique Workshop:Wednesday, June 23, 2021 - 9am
2020
April 13
Harris Guitar Foundation (private concert) Berkeley, California
May 16
Arpoador International Guitar Festival, Carry Le Rouet, France
Solo Recital
October 24th
Badener Meisterkonzerte, Baden, Switzerland
(with Judicaël Perroy)
November 8th
Tucson Guitar Society, Tucson, Arizona
(with Judicaël Perroy)
2019
October 19
American Guitar Society Series
Los Angeles Valley College Department of Music
October 7-15
Guitarras Del Mundo Festival, Argentina. Concerts in Buenos Aires,
Río Grande and Ushuaia
September 15
San Francisco Conservatory for Music concert shared with Judicaël Perroy and Raphael Feuillatre, San Francisco, California, USA
August 11-18
La Grange aux Pianos Festival and Workshop, Chassignolles, France
August 8
Harris Guitar Foundation and Orfeo Magazine Private Recital, Paris, France
July 24
MusicAlp Workshop, Chamber Music with Judicaël Perroy (Guitar) and Ophélie Gaillard (cello), Tignes, France
May 16-19
Arpoador International Guitar Festival and Competition, Carry Le Rouet, France
May 4
Tucson Guitar Society private recital, Tucson, Arizona, USA
March 10
Le Roy Private Concert Series, Berkeley, California, USA
January 19
Galerie des Luthiers, Lyon, France
BIO
Classical guitarist, pedagogue and recording artist Natalia Lipnitskaya has been a prizewinner in numerous international guitar competitions and has performed throughout Europe, the United States and Mexico. Born in Belarus, Natalia began playing guitar at age 9 and attended the Mikhail Glinka State Musical College (Minsk, Belarus) where she studied with Vladimir Belyshev and received a Teacher's Diploma with highest honors. In 2004 she received the Artist Diploma from the Belorussian National Academy of Music (Minsk, Belarus) and was also awarded a diploma with highest honors. At the Academy, she studied with Evgeny Gridiushko. Natalia earned Bachelors and Masters of Music Degrees (2006 and 2008, both with honors) from the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, Austria and studied with Alvaro Pierri. Natalia attended the Paris National Conservatory of Music and studied with Olivier Chassain as part of the European exchange program ERASMUS.
Natalia's impressive list of prizes include: 2nd Prize and Audience Prize at the Ville d’Antony International Guitar Competition (Antony, France, 2010); First Prize at the
International Guitar Competition in Savona, Italy (2005); First Prize at the Antonio Aparicio International Guitar Competition (Alicante, Spain, 2004); First Prize at the International Guitar Competition in Kutna Hora (Czech Republic, 2004) and First Prize at the John Duarte International Guitar Competition, (Rust, Austria, 2002).
In demand as a solo artist around the world, Natalia has recently performed at Les Rencontres Internationales de Bulle, Switzerland, (September 2018); at the Festival International de Lambesc, France, (June 2018); at the Festival et Concours International de Carry le Rouet, France (recital and competition juror, June 2018) and in Mexico at the Festival Internacional de Guitarra de Monterrey, April, 2018. She has performed in recital at the International John Duarte Guitar Festival in Austria, at the “Hommage à Astor Piazzolla” in Urania Klub, Vienna; in multiple recitals at the Belorussian State Philharmonic Hall in Minsk, and at the Brno International Guitar Festival. She has toured the United States, performing at the University of Texas at Dallas and California State University, Northridge.
Natalia is an experienced educator with a successful record of studio teaching and leading master classes. She has held past teaching positions at the Conservatoire de Courbevoie, Courbevoie, France (2010-2018) and at Pôle d’Enseignement Supérieur de la Musique Seine-Saint-Denis Île-de-France (2011-2017).
Natalia has released a solo album of Bach transcriptions for guitar (Music Inside Records, 2014) and was featured on a 40-minute television portrait titled “The Guitar of Natalia Lipnitskaya,” BT1 National TV Channel of Belarus, 2005. She currently lives in San Francisco, California and teaches for the preparatory program of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.