He managed to keep playing through his chemotherapy, saying that there was an upright piano in the cancer ward where he received treatment, and a grand piano in the palliative ward. He told VAN magazine: “Going to the supermarket with my wife, the kids running around and goofing off, sitting at the piano and learning a new Brahms piece.” Vogt spoke openly about his diagnosis and experience living with cancer, saying that receiving the news had given him a new appreciation for the ordinary elements of life. Outside of his performing and recording career, Vogt was a strong advocate for accessible music education, establishing an educational programme called ‘Rhapsody in School’ which entered the curricula in Germany and Austria, aiming to forge connections between young musicians and their world-class counterparts. He was also nominated for a Grammy Award in 2016 in the Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance category for his recording of Brahms’ piano trios alongside violinist Christian Tetzlaff and cellist Tanja Tetzlaff.
Vogt was a prolific recording artist, releasing highly acclaimed recordings for EMI, Avi Music and Ondine, and winning the prestigious Opus Klassik award in 2021. The contract was initially planned to last three years, but the orchestra announced an extension to Vogt’s term in December 2021 which would see him remain in the role until June 2025. Vogt had recently taken up the mantle as music director of the Orchestre de chambre de Paris beginning in the 2020/21 season. After a successful five-year tenure, Vogt stayed on as principal artistic partner from 2020 until his death in 2022. Lars Vogt performed with some of the world's greatest orchestras.Ī decade later, in May 2014, Lars Vogt was announced by the Royal Northern Sinfonia, Classic FM’s Orchestra in North-East England, as its next music director, taking effect in September 2015. Vogt had a particularly close relationship to the Berlin Philharmonic, having been appointed the orchestra’s first ever pianist in residence for the 2003/04 season.
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Vogt remained its artistic director since founding the festival 24 years ago, curating the concert series which is held annually in a former hydroelectric power station in Heimbach, near Cologne.Īs a pianist, Vogt has appeared on stage with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Vienna, London and New York Philharmonic orchestras, and London, Chicago and Boston Symphony orchestras. A keen chamber musician and performer, Vogt founded his own chamber festival, ‘Spannungen’ in June 1998.
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