She is such an excellent player […] it’s great to see such young talent. Julian Rachlin for the Jerusalem Post
Born into a family immersed in a rich tradition of string playing shaped by legends like David Oistrakh, Mikhail Garlicky, Zinaida Gilels, and the original Borodin Quartet, Israeli violinist Anna Lipkind-Mazor has been a vibrant presence on the international music scene since her first solo performance.
Her early education placed her under the tutelage of icons such as Zakhar Bron, Boris Kuschnir, Salvatore Accardo, Victor Danchenko, Ida Haendel, Shlomo Mintz, Miriam Fried, Thomas Brandis, Petru Monteanu, Itzhak Perlman, Ivry Gitlis, Tsugio Tokunaga, and Georgy Pauk, who played a crucial role in shaping her early musical path.
Anna’s first performance as a soloist with an orchestra at age six marked the beginning of an extensive career that quickly blossomed with
invitations to prestigious international festivals such as Vladimir Spivakov’s Moscow Meets Friends, the Oleg Kagan Festival in Kreuth, Germany, the Portogruaro and Lucca Festivals in Italy, the Miyazaki Festival in Japan, Brandenburgische Sommerkonzerte in Germany, Gaia Festival in Switzerland, Viana Festival in Portugal, and the Eilat Chamber Music Festival. There, she shared stages with luminaries including Peter Donohoe, Pavel Gililov, Ivry Gitlis, Julian Rachlin, Maxim Vengerov, Natalia Gutman, Pinchas Zukerman, Patricia Kopachinskaja, David Grimal, Lahav Shani, Stacey Watton to mention just a few.
Additionally, she has performed as a soloist with renowned orchestras including the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra of Chisinau, and Sinfonietta Baden, among others.
At the age of 16, a debut performance as a soloist with the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Zubin Mehta led to Anna’s move to Europe to study with Pavel Vernikov at the Vienna Conservatory, and Josef Rissin in the Musikhochschule in Karlsruhe where she became a prize winner in four international competitions.
Since then, her performances have graced renowned venues such as Flagey in Brussels, Belgium, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Sakura Hall in Tokyo, Japan, Duna Palota in Budapest, Hungary, Sendesaal of the Hessischer Rundfunk in Frankfurt, Germany, Berlin Philharmonie, Konzerthaus in Vienna, Austria, Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, Germany, Paris Philharmonie, and KKL in Luzern, Switzerland, among others. In this season Anna will perform as a soloist in halls such as the Berliner Philharmonie, Konzerthaus Berlin, and Concertgebouw Amsterdam.
In addition to her solo career, Anna has a deep passion for chamber music. She joined her husband, cellist Gavriel Lipkind, as a member of the internationally acclaimed Lipkind Quartet, where she played until the quartet ceased its activities in 2018. She was later a co-producer of the ‘Lipkind plays…’ series and is now a member of the Amsterdam Piano Trio together with acclaimed pianist Andrey Gugnin and cellist Dmitry Prokofiev.
Her leadership extends offstage as well; in 2023, Anna founded the Amsterdam Concert Series and is now the head of artistic programming at ConcertLab B.V.
Anna plays on a 1781 Gagliano violin (the « Martelenne ») thanks to the generous support of R & v.T.