Manuel Lipstein
Cello
Manuel Lipstein was born in Germany in 2001. He began playing the cello at the age of six, and four years later began studying with Prof. Katharina Deserno and Prof. Maria Kliegel at the Cologne University of Music. Manuel Lipstein has been studying as a young soloist at the Kronberg Academy with Prof. Frans Helmerson since September 2019. He is tutored in composition by Prof. Gerhard Müller-Hornbach and in conducting by Prof. Vassilis Christopoulos.
Manuel received further inspiration in masterclasses from Mischa Maisky, Martha Argerich, Leonid Gorokhov, Wolfgang-Emanuel Schmidt and Jens-Peter-Maintz, among others.
Manuel has already won numerous national and international competitions. He received the “Premier Grand Prix” at the “Concours Flame” in Paris, the 1st prize and the special prize at the “Concours de Violoncelle Prix Edmond Baert” in Brussels and was awarded the “WDR 3 Klassikpreis der Stadt Münster”. He is also a prizewinner at the “Antonio Janigro Competition” in Croatia and at the “Karl Friedrich Dotzauer Competition” in Dresden.As a composer, Manuel has performed at the AchtBücken Festival in Cologne and at the Aurora Festival in Sweden, among others. For his compositions he has already received several state and federal prizes at “Jugend Composed” as well as a WASPE special prize. His work “Two Scenes for Recorder Solo” was nominated as a compulsory piece at the ERPS competition in Bolzano and is published by Edition Walhall. He is also writing a composition for the “250 pieces for Beethoven” project. At this Biënnale, he will perform his newest composition, commissioned by the Biënnale in collaboration with JongNBE, in the programme ‘Waldesruhe’ taking place on Sunday, November 10th.