Jonathan Lipton

“Jonathan’s passion for the horn and for the music combined with the happiness to teach is incomparable. After each lesson, I feel this was the best lesson of my life, but every lesson I have next is even better. This is a feeling that leaves any student totally focussed on what to improve even more.”

“I first met JL two years ago when I had hit rock bottom. He has helped me to rebuild my horn playing. Not only has he helped with the physical side but has helped with the mental strain of performance. J is always so positive, encouraging and supportive. I would recommend anyone with any playing issues to trust in him for guidance.”

“I had a run of lessons with Jonathan when its fair to say I was not in the best place psychologically with my playing. His approach was calm, methodical and encouraging, creating a non-judgemental environment where I was able to work through the things that were bothering me and come out the other side feeling much more relaxed and positive about everything, with my playing feeling the best it had done in years.””

“I started having Jonathan as a teacher when I moved to London. He is unbelievably inspirational and encouraging - and not only is he helping and pushing me both technically and musically to get where I want to be in the next stage of my career, but he’s helped me believe that I can do it too!”

“I’ve been taking lessons with Jonathan since early 2016. Not only have I learnt a lot from him about playing the horn, I’ve also gained the tools to become my own teacher. His teaching transcends horn technique and equips students with the awareness required to make music at the highest level. Jonathan is about relentlessly helping you to become the best player you can be and that’s everything you can hope for and more in a teacher.”

“I first came across Jonathan when I wanted to play again after 30 years of rest. I found there wasn’t much Jonathan didn’t know about horn playing. He uses that knowledge to think of solutions to your problems which he puts across in constructive and supportive ways. ”

“In my opinion Jonathan Lipton is the world’s most outstanding 4th horn player. I was the 4th horn of the NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo and I studied with Jonathan from 1994 to 1995 in order to learn his routines and thinking methods. I’m a professor at the music college in Tokyo and its no exaggeration to say that everything I learned from Jonathan is all my method now.”