Svyatoslav Lips was born in 1974 in the family of an outstanding musician, accordion player Friedrich Lips. In 1992 he finished studies at the Central Music School of the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory (class of A. Artobolevskaya and prof. L. Naumov), in 1997 he graduated from the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory and in 2000 he finished an assistantship program (class of L. Naumov). S.Lips is a Laureate of the International Piano Competition «Citta di Stresa" in Stresa (Italy, 1991, Grand Prix), laureate of the 1st prize and winner of the Gold Medal of the International Competition of Pianists «Maria Canals" in Barcelona (Spain, 1994).
Svyatoslav Lips is an active concert performer - he has had tours in Austria, Germany, Spain, Italy, China, Latvia, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Japan. He gave concerts in more than 90 cities of Russia. S. Lips played in an ensemble with such musicians as: G. Kremer, L. Ambartsumyan, V. Igolinsky, E. Revich (violin); M. Bereznitsky (viola); F. Lips (button accordion); K. Rodin, V. Tonkha, A. Buzlov (cello); P. Osetinskaya (piano): M. Pekarsky (drums); and etc. Repeatedly performed with orchestras conducted by M. Arkadiev, V. Barsov, A. Boreyko, S. Kondrashov, A. Kruzhkov, D. Liss, V. Polyansky, V. Ponkin, G. Skvortsov (Switzerland), M. Shcherbakov, U Schneider (Switzerland), F.P.Decker (Canada) and others.
Lips played in the largest music halls in the world: «Palau de la Musica Catalana» in Barcelona, «Sala Mozart» in Zaragoza, Teatro «Victoria Eugenia» in San Sebastian (Spain); «Dr. Oetker» Halle in Bielefeld, «Tonhalle» in Dusseldorf (Germany); «Nybrokajen» in Stockholm (Sweden), «Kokusai Forum Center» in Tokyo, «Kanagawa Prefectural Concert Hall» in Yokohama (Japan); Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, Svetlanovsky Hall in MMDM (Moscow), Kremlin Palace of Congresses, etc. He took part in International Music Festivals: «Lokenhaus» (Lokenhaus, Austria); «AN Cherepnin» (Yokohama, Japan 2000); «Moscow Autumn», «International Chamber Music Festival» (Kostomuksha, Karelia), «Dresdner Musicfestspiele» (Dresden, Germany, 2016), etc.
Lips devotes a significant part of his work to performing works by contemporary authors. Such composers as S. Berinsky, E. Podgaits, M. Bronner, T. Sergeeva, E. Anisimova and others dedicate their works to him. He performed 26 premieres. The artist has numerous recordings on CDs. S. Lips is the initiator and artistic director of the International Music Festival «Rendezvous» (together with accordionist M. Vlasova). Since April 2019 he was invited to teach at the Department of Special Piano at the Gnesin Russian Academy of Music.
Along with his concert activities, S. Lips conducts master classes in Russia and abroad. In March 2020 E. Kasenova, a student of his class, won the III prize at the international competition «El Cruce Musical de Cataluna» (Barcelona, Spain). He regularly participates in the jury of various competitions.
S.Lips was awarded with the Honorary Badge of the Governor of the Moscow Region (2013).
