Jan Vogler
Jan Vogler ( born February 18, 1964) is a German cellist.
Life
Vogler attended the High School of Music in Berlin. He was in Berlin student of Peter Vogler and Joseph Schwab and in Basel by Heinrich Schiff. He began his career as a " first concertmaster Cello " in the Dresden Staatskapelle in 1984 at the age of 20 years. He gave up this position in 1997 in order to concentrate on his role as a soloist, were among the highlights of the performances with the New York Philharmonic under Lorin Maazel, both in New York and as part of the reopening of the Frauenkirche in Dresden in 2005. Jan Vogler plays a cello by Domenico Montagnana "Ex- Hekking " from 1721st His orchestral repertoire includes not only all known works for the cello as well as unusual pieces such as the Cello Concerto "Dark strings " of the composer Jörg Widmann, dedicated to Jan Vogler, the concerts by Samuel Barber, or even the highly virtuosic concert of Michael Haydn. Along with the New York Philharmonic, he designed the first performance of the Berceuse for Dresden by the English composer Colin Matthews in autumn 2005 in the Dresden Frauenkirche.
At Vogler chamber music activities include not only the Moritzburg Festival, of which he is artistic director, regular concerts with partners such as Hélène Grimaud, Martin Stadtfeld, and not least Louis Lortie. Especially with the latter connects him the love of exceptional programs such as a " song program " with works by Wagner and Liszt.
2003 Jan Vogler began his recording collaboration with Sony Classical with a recording of Strauss ' " Don Quixote" and "romance " with the Saxon Staatskapelle Dresden conducted by Fabio Luisi. Results of this cooperation are the recording of the Cello Concerto by Antonín Dvořák with the New York Philharmonic under David Robertson (including Diapason d' Or and Choc - Le Monde de la Musique ), and two Mozart recordings with artists of the Moritzburg Festival ( ECHO Klassik ). The latter include, inter alia, two by Jan Vogler himself rediscovered rarities: from Mozart's contemporary edited for string quartet suites of Le Nozze di Figaro and The Magic Flute, the second won the 2006 Echo Klassik. Deserve mention as well as the published Berlin Classics recordings of the cello concertos by Samuel Barber and Erich Wolfgang Korngold, and the recording of the cello concertos of Robert Schumann and Jörg Widmann ( ECHO Klassik " Best Performer " in 2002 ). For his CD " My Tunes " Vogler has several encores (English: encores ) recorded; it was published in February 2007. In 2010 he published " My Tunes Vol 2 ".
Honor
- 2002: ECHO Klassik, Category instrumentalist / Instrumentalist of the Year, Cello
- 2006: ECHO Klassik, Category chamber music recording of the year, (WA Mozart: Divertimento / Suite " Nozze di Figaro ", together with the Moritzburg ensemble)
- 2011: Erich Kästner Prize ( Dresden)
Discography (selection)
- 2004: cello concertos. ( Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Thomas Sanderling, Edel Classics )
- 2005: Ludwig van Beethoven and Robert Schumann: Works for cello and piano. ( Vol. 1-3, Edel Classics )
- 2005: The secrets of Dvorak 's cello concerto. (New York Philharmonic, conductor David Robertson, Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Germany ) )
- 2006: W. A. Mozart: Divertimenti, Vl Va Vc, KV 563 ( Moritzburg Festival, Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Germany ) )
- 2007: my tunes. ( Dresden Soloists, conductor Helmut Branny, Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Germany ) )
- 2007: Concerti brillanti. ( Munich Chamber Orchestra, Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Germany ) )
- 2009: Jan Vogler - the cellist. ( Portrait, Edel Classics ).
- 2009: New worlds. ( The Knights Chamber Orchestra, conductor Eric Jacobson, Sony Music Entertainment)
- 2010: My tunes 2 ( Dresden Soloists, conductor Helmut Branny, Sony Music Entertainment)
- 2011: Trout variations " (Benjamin Schmid, Antti Siirala et al, Sony Music Entertainment. )
- 2013: The Cello Suites (Sony Music Entertainment )
- 2013: Dichterliebe ( Hélène Grimaud et al, Sony Music Entertainment. )