Robert Crawford Lipsett Jr. (born October 23, 1947) is an American violin teacher in

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. He holds the

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Distinguished Violin Chair at the

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. He also serves on the faculty at the Aspen School of Music and previously taught at the

USC Thornton School of Music The USC Thornton School of Music is a private music school in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 1884 only four years after the University of Southern California, the Thornton School is the oldest continually operating arts institution in Los An ...

. He has given master classes at major schools around the world. Lipsett was born in

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. He has a younger brother named Stephen James Lipsett, a successful real estate investor/broker living on Lake Granbury, Texas. As a child, he moved with his family to

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, where he began violin study with Zelman Brounoff and Ruth Lasley. The family subsequently lived in

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, where Lipsett's violin instructor was Melvin Ritter. He graduated from the

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and later studied with

Ivan Galamian Ivan Alexander Galamian (; April 14, 1981) was an Armenian-American violin teacher of the twentieth century who was the violin teacher of many seminal violin players including Itzhak Perlman and Kyung Wha Chung. Biography Galamian was born in ...

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and with

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. He also earned a B.A. in Music from

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.Faculty Profiles: Robert Lipsett
USC Thornton School of Music. Lipsett's students have consistently won top prizes at important competitions including the

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, International Yehudi Menuhin Violin Competition, International Joseph Joachim Violin Competition, Irving M. Klein International Competition, and several have received highest honors from the National Association for the Advancement of the Arts, and been recognized as Presidential Scholars. He is a recipient of the Distinguished Teachers Award from the White House Commission for Presidential Scholars. He is also a freelance commercial musician in motion pictures, television and the recording industry.

Notable students

* Danielle Belen, Associate Professor of Violin at the

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* Hahn-Bin, concert artist * Robert Chen, Concertmaster of the

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* Steven Copes, Concertmaster of the

Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra (SPCO) is an American chamber orchestra based in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Its principal concert venue is the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts. In collaboration with five artistic partners, the orchestra's musi ...

Lindsay Deutsch Lindsay Ann Deutsch (born November 28, 1984) is an American violinist. A native of Houston, Texas, Deutsch moved to Los Angeles at age fifteen to pursue her music career. Deutsch made her solo debut at the age of 11 with the Clear Lake Symphony i ...

, concert artist * Jennifer Frautschi, concert artist * William Hagen, concert artist * Ken Hamao, member of the Parker Quartet * Felicity James, Associate Concertmaster of the

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Cincinnati, Ohio. Its primary concert venue is Music Hall. In addition to its symphony concerts, the orchestra gives pops concerts as the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. The Cinc ...

* Leila Josefowicz, concert artist * Mayumi Kanagawa, concert artist * Tamaki Kawakubo, concert artist * Fabiola Kim, Assistant Professor of Violin at the

* Michelle Kim, Assistant Concertmaster of the

New York Philharmonic The New York Philharmonic is an American symphony orchestra based in New York City. Known officially as the ''Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York, Inc.'', and globally known as the ''New York Philharmonic Orchestra'' (NYPO) or the ''New Yo ...

* Kevin Lin, Concertmaster of the

Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra (ISO) is a major American orchestra based in Indianapolis, Indiana. The largest performing arts organization in Indiana, the orchestra was founded in 1930 and is based at the Hilbert Circle Theatre in downtown ...

* Ryan Meehan, member of the Calidore String Quartet * Jeffrey Myers, member of the Calidore String Quartet * Aubree Oliverson, concert artist * Elizabeth Pitcairn, concert artist and Artistic Director of the Luzerne Music Center * Simone Porter, concert artist * Blake Pouliot, concert artist * Ilana Setapen, Associate Concertmaster of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra * Sheryl Staples, Principal Associate Concertmaster of the

* Stephen Tavani, Assistant Concertmaster of the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lipsett, Robert American male violinists California State University, Northridge alumni Juilliard School alumni Cleveland Institute of Music alumni Musicians from Dallas Classical musicians from Texas Living people 1947 births Musicians from Louisville, Kentucky 21st-century American violinists 21st-century American male musicians