Sustenance by Daniel Lippel

Lippel’s recently released CD is a fine example of contemporary guitar literature and we explored the motivations behind his unique program choices."

James Hanna, Guitar Review Fall 2005

New York Guitarist Daniel Lippel is active as a soloist and collaborator in several styles. As a recording artist, Lippel’s cd of Bach transcriptions was listed among the “Best New Releases from North America” in the May 2006 issue of The Gramophone, and his recording of contemporary guitar works, "Resonance", received critical praise from American Record Guide, Guitar Review, and Music-Web International. Lippel’s recent recitals include the Guitars International Series in Cleveland, Trinity Concerts at One Series in New York, Ft. Worth Modern Art Museum, Music from the Forefront Series at Bowling Green State University, Boston Classical Guitar Society, and Oberlin Conservatory of Music. His active involvement with new music is reflected in his solo engagements for such groups as the Harvard Group for New Music, Friends and Enemies of New Music (NY), and the Look and Listen Festival (NY). Chamber music is the core of Lippel's career, and he is a regular member of the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), Flexible Music, Irving Lippel Project, and the Zvi Migdal Tango Ensemble. Recent season's performances with these ensembles include concerts at Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart Festival, Miller Theatre in New York, Chicago Cultural Center, Hertz Hall at UC Berkeley, and other venues throughout the country. He has also appeared with the Cygnus Ensemble, American Symphony Orchestra, Argento Ensemble, New York Virtuoso Singers, and the Columbia Sinfonietta, and in venues including Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Weill Hall, Merkin Hall, Symphony Space, Princeton University, SUNY Buffalo, AKI New Music Festival, and the Cooperstown and Norfolk Chamber Music Festivals. Lippel has been honored to give guitar masterclasses at the Cleveland Institute of Music and Bowling Green State University and guest lecture presentations to composition departments at the University of Texas at Austin, University of North Texas, and Manhattan School of Music. Lippel won first prizes in the Stafford (England) Guitar Competition, ASTA Competition, and Boston Guitar Society’s Guitar Competition. He has premiered and recorded several solo and chamber works by established and emerging composers. Lippel has toured North America, Western Europe, and East Asia with Fat Cat Records’ indie rock band Mice Parade. Mr. Lippel was on faculty teaching classical guitar at Bowling Green State University from 1999-2001. He received his Doctor of Musical Arts Degree from the Manhattan School of Music, under the guidance of David Starobin. Lippel's former teachers include Jason Vieaux, Ricardo Iznaola, John Homquist, David Leisner, Steve Aron, and Nicholas Goluses, He can be found on the web at www.danlippel.com.

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