Violist Matthew Lipman has been praised by the New York Times for his “rich tone and elegant phrasing.” He has appeared with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Minnesota Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic, the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, and has been a featured soloist at the Zürich Tonhalle, Aspen Music Festival, Carnegie Hall, New World Symphony, Wigmore Hall, and Walt Disney Concert Hall. 

The Strad praised his “most impressive” 2019 Cedille Records debut album Ascent, and his recording of Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante with violinist Rachel Barton Pine and Sir Neville Marriner on the Avie label topped the Billboard Classical charts. 

A former artist-in-residence for the American Viola Society, he was featured on WFMT Chicago’s “30 under 30” list of the world’s top classical musicians. An alumnus of the Bowers Program, Lipman holds the Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Chair at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. He was the recipient of an Avery Fisher Career Grant and a major prize winner in the Primrose, Tertis, Washington, Johansen, and Stulberg International Competitions. Lipman is on faculty at Stony Brook University.

​Matthew Lipman performed at our May 20, 2022 and March 2, 2023 concerts.