(NB google translation Finnish>English) Robertovitš Friedrich Lips (born November 18, 1948 Jemanželinsk , Chelyabinsk , Soviet Union ) is a Russian accordion artist , chamber musician , arranger and educator. He is considered one of the concert accordion, accordion, especially in Baja, the most important innovators and pioneers in the field. Lips was born of German origin, which is the Russian family in a small town Jemanželinskin 2,000 kilometers from Moscow to the east. His ancestors had come from Germany to Russia in the past 200 years of Catherine II 's government at a time when they stood at the Saratov Volga near by. Friedrich often listened to his father's playing and started to learn how to call himself bajanin under his father. He imitated his father's polka, and waltz playing by ear. All the players on his father played the most right bajania, by the sound of poikaakin liked the most, so he picked it pääsoittimekseen. The age of 11 he began to study the local Jemanželinskin music school, where he moved four years later Glinka Music Institute, Magnitogorsk . Lips Glinka graduated from music school in 1967 majoring in Baja -accordion E. Kudin Markov control. Kudinov recommended Lipsiä to continue their studies at the famous Gnesinin Music Institute in Moscow, where he studied Bajan-accordion master's degree Sergei Kolobkovin chair, graduating in 1972 . more : wikipedia more: Discography