Karl Kipp

Soon after completing his studies in Moscow, Kipp discovered an interest in music education. He began his career teaching at the Russian Musical Society in Tambov, where he performed in concerts.^[3] In 1892, he returned to the Moscow Conservatory as a piano teacher for younger students. He became a professor in 1909, dedicating himself entirely to instructing senior students.^[4] Among his most notable students were Yuri Bryushkov,^[5] Vsevolod Zaderatsky,^[6][7] Lyubov Orlova, Mikhail Raukhverger, Leonid Polovinkin [ru], Abram Shatskes,^[8] Xenia Prochorowa,^[9] Boris Goldovsky,^[10][11] and Boleslav Yavorsky.

Kipp performed piano concerts in Moscow for decades, mainly chamber music within private circles. On December 9, 1907, he performed Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20 under Sergei Vasilenko, with critics lauding his excellent technique and musicality. Kipp played in ensembles with violinists including Jan Hřímalý. He cited the Polish-American pianist Josef Hofmann as an inspiration.

His teaching of virtuosic piano techniques was widely praised, with Alexander Borovsky calling him the "sorcerer professor".^[12] Nikolai Medtner jokingly referred to his students, all with impeccable technique, as "Kipp's trotters",^[13] and Alexander Goldenweiser likened his significance as a teacher to that of his renowned predecessor, Nikolai Zverev.

He died on March 26, 1925, aged 59. He was buried at the Vvedenskoye Cemetery in Moscow.^[14]

Kipp married Russian singer Maria Iosifovna Nikolaevskaya (1890–1973). The couple had a daughter, Irina Karlovna Kipp, in 1914.

In his apartment, there hung a large photograph of Rachmaninoff by his piano with the inscription: "To the god of technique—a grateful Sergei Rachmaninoff".