Anna Lipkind-Mazor

Anna was born in Moscow into a musical surrounding that is deeply rooted in the string playing traditions passed by David Oistrakh (Viktor Pikaizin & Semyon Snitkovsky), Mikhail Garlicky, Zinaida Gilels and the original Borodin Quartet members. She began her violin studies at an extremely young age with her mother Elena Mazor and from the age of 5 with Prof. Irina Svetlova in Tel-Aviv.

At this early stage Anna was privileged to enjoy the direct influence of some of the greatest violinists of the last century: Zakhar Bron, Boris Kuschnir, Salvatore Accardo, Victor Danchenko, Ida Haendel, Shlomo Mintz, Miriam Fried, Thomas Brandis, Petru Monteanu, Itzhak Perlman, Ivry Gitlis, Tsugio Tokunaga, Georgy Pauk, to mention just a few.

Anna’s first performance with orchestra was at the age of six.
Besides her frequent performances in Israel, she often traveled to international festivals such as Vladimir Spivakov’s Moscow Meets Friends, Natalya Gutman’s (Oleg Kagan) Festival in Kreuth in Germany, Portogruaro Festival and Lucca Festival in Italy, Miyazaki festival in Japan, Brandenburgische Sommerkonzerte in Germany, Gaia Festival in Switzerland, Viana Festival in Portugal and Eilat Festival in Israel collaborating with musician such as Peter Donohoe, Pavel Gililov, Julian Rachlin, Maxim Vengerov, Natalia Gutman,Stacey Watton, Pinchas Zukerman and many more.
Radio performances with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, National Chamber Orchestra of Moldova, Symphony Orchestra of Chisinau as well as Sinfonietta Baden and other smaller groups followed.

At the age of 16, a debut performance with the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra under the button of Zubin Mehta lead to Anna’s moving to Europe to study with Pavel Vernikov at the Vienna Conservatory where she became a prize winner of four International Competitions.

Her latest season included performances in halls such as Flagey (Brussels-Belgium) Concerthebouw (Haarlem,The Netherlands) Sakura Hall (Tokyo,Japan) Duna Palota (Budapest,Hungary) Sendesaal of the Hessischer Rundfunk (Frankfurt, Germany) and others.

Anna lives today in the Netherlands with her husband, the cellist Gavriel Lipkind.
Anna plays a 1781 Gagliano violin (the „Martelenne“) thanks to the generous support of
R & v.T.

I come from a family background with a long tradition of violin teaching. A pedagogic heritage that its direct roots in the philosophy of Leopold Auer and otherwise was nurtured by David Oistrakh, The Borodin Quartet, Simon Snitkovsky & Viktor Pikaizin. I was practically born into a violin teaching surrounding and was lucky to learn from my teachers by teaching next to them. An approach I often used with my own students. My work experience swung steadily between working with music schools pupils, university level students, and giving masterclasses.