Boštjan Lipovšek comes from a musical family with a long tradition of horn players. He studied at the Music Academy in Ljubljana, under the mentorship of Prof. Jože Falout. Boštjan Lipovšek studied with Prof. Falout in his graduate and post-graduate studies. Later on he went to the Salzburg’s Mozarteum for advanced studies with Radovan Vlatković. During his studies in Ljubljana he received the Student Prešeren Award for his interpretation of Strauss Concerto No. 1 for horn and orchestra. As a soloist, he performed with the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, Maribor Philharmonics, Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra, Udine Philharmonic Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra Padova e Veneto and Jeunesses Musicales Chorus. He played under the guidance of great conductors, such as Anton Nanut, Uroš Lajovic, Marko Letonja, David de Villiers, S. Pelegrino Amato, Gary Brain, Amy Anderson, Yakov Kreizberg, Sian Edwards.

Lipovšek played as guest soloist with the national orchestra of La monnaie Opera house in Brussels and with the Berlin Symphony Orchestra and continued his collaboration with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. He became assistant university teacher in 1999 and senior university lecturer in 2004 at the Music Academy in Ljubljana. Since 2005 he has been working as a senior university lecturer at the Music Academy in Zagreb. In 2008, Boštjan received the highest and most prestigious national Slovenian award for great achievement in art - the Award of the Prešeren Fund.