Igor Kipnis
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- Mozart and the Royal Society
- Encyclopedia of Keyboard Instruments Vol. III
- Harpsichord and clavichord
- The Harpsichord and Clavichord
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Igor Kipnis (27 September 1930 - 24 January 2002) was a well-known American harpsichordist and pianist. The son of Russian bass Alexander Kipnis (1891 - 1978), and born in Berlin, he moved to the United States with his family in 1938. He learned the piano with his maternal grandfather, Heniot Levy (1879 - 1946); attended the Westport School of Music, and received his B.A. from Harvard University. He studied harpsichord with Fernando Valenti, and made his concert debut in New York in 1959. <a hr
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Berlin
- Place of death
- Redding
- Father
- Alexander Kipnis
- Occupation
- harpsichordist
- Educated at
- Harvard University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Student of
- Robert Thurston Dart
- Instrument
- harpsichord
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- date of birth
- 1930-09-27
- date of death
- 2002-01-23
- manner of death
- natural causes
- member of
- Phi Beta Kappa Society
- cause of death
- cancer
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