This evening’s string-led program will be a lofty celebration of the life and talents of the late, longtime IPO principal violist Matthew Mantell. Taking center stage to celebrate Mantell will be his student Matthew Lipman along with Mantell’s wife & daughter, Emily Lewis Mantell & Sonia Mantell. Lipman has been praised by the New York Times for his “rich tone and elegant phrasing.” Sonia Mantell is a cellist with the Minnesota Orchestra while Emily Lewis Mantell is a former principal & current section cellist with IPO.