Pianist, composer and teacher. Corresponding member of the Ukrainian Free Academy of Sciences in New York (since 1962).
Biography.
He studied in Kukhmisterska Sloboda near Kyiv (now within the city of Kyiv).
He graduated from the Kharkiv Mechanical College. He received his musical education at the Kharkiv Music and Drama Institute (1931-1933, piano class of P. Lutsenko, composition class of S. Bohatyrev) and the Kyiv Conservatory (1933-1937, piano class of A. Lufer and H. Beklemishev) and in graduate school at the latter (1937-1940). He performed as a pianist in many cities of Ukraine. He was a laureate of the 1st All-Union Piano Competition in Moscow (1937) and the Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition in Warsaw (1937, Poland).
1937-1943 - Professor of the Piano Department at the Kyiv Conservatory,
In 1943, he emigrated to Germany, where he conducted concert and teaching activities.
1944-1951 - Professor of Piano at the Clindworth-Scharwenka Conservatory in Berlin.
In 1949 he moved to the United States. From 1952 he lived in New York, where he had his own music school.
He successfully performed his concerts in New York, Philadelphia, and Toronto (Canada).
Kip's performing skills were characterized by brilliant technique, dynamic playing, and monumental sound. He was called the "king of piano technique" and was praised for his "brilliant memory" and "musical spirituality" (he performed most of his works with his eyes closed).
He had a reputation as a virtuoso. His repertoire included works by M. Lysenko, Vasyl Barvinsky, V. Kosenko, L. Revutsky, M. Fomenko, V. Shut, P. Tchaikovsky, O. Scriabin, and S. Rachmaninoff. He performed especially inspired works by W.-A. Mozart, L. van Beethoven, F. Chopin, F. Liszt, R. Schumann, and J. Brahms.
He also performed as a soloist in symphony concerts, as well as in ensembles with famous singers (O. Petrusenko, M. Donets, L. Rudenko) and musicians (B. Prytykina, M. Goldstein, Volodymyr Tsysyk).
He died on August 31, 1968 in New York.
Works
Works
for violin and piano - Capriccio (1966);
for piano - "Complaint" (1939);
Etude (1953);
"Recollection" (1953);
Scherzino (1956);
Fantastic Variations (1957),
"Gavotte interrupted by a Serenade (1959),
"Classical Stanzas (1964), He wrote 14 children's plays based on Ukrainian folk songs (1953-67); for voice and piano - "Ukraine", songs based on the words of Lesya Ukrainka and other Ukrainian poets; music for the play "Recollection" (based on the poem "Song of Kyiv" by A. Malyshko).
He is also known as an author of musicological works. He was engaged in a wide range of musical and social activities.
