Following another very successful Dresden Music Festival, Jan is looking forward to challenging summer with performances in  Stuttgart, Baden-Baden, Ingolstadt and Bad Lauchstaedt, In August he performs at the Festival de Lanaudière in Joliette, Quebec where he joins violinist and friend James Ehnes in the Brahms Double Concerto for Violin and Cello, and Montreal Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kent Nagano. August is always a busy month for Jan. As the Artistic Director of the Moritzburg Chamber Music Festival, he works with the Festival Academy preparing the young musicians for their festival performances and performs himself in several concerts. Jan’s new recording of the Bach … Continue »

Jan Vogler wins a Pizzicato Supersonic Award for his recording of Bach’s Cello suites. The magazine Pizzicato writes in its review: "Jan Vogler,  one of the best cellists of the present and future generations will surely be remembered  along with such renowned musicians Piatigorsky, Casals, Starker and Du Pré. What distinguishes Vogler is, on the one hand, his wonderful sound and on the other,  the ease and enthusiasm with which he approaches each work.Infinite richness of color, interpretations logically and consistently constructed, the art of letting the music breathe, to guide the listener while still managing to surprise them – this is Jan Vogler’s … Continue »

On Monday night, May 13, orchestra-in-residence, the New York Philharmonic led by Music Director Alan Gilbert opened the 2013 Dresden Music Festival in a concert featuring works by Mozart, Schelomo and Mussorgsky. Festival Artistic Director Jan Vogler was the soloist in Schelomo’s Hebrew Rhapsody – a work he performed earlier this season in New York with the New York Philharmonic. The New York Times praised his “soulful, richly hued playing highlighted the piece’s melancholy traits, with the plaintive solo cello line embodying the voice of the biblical King Solomon.” (New York Times). On Tuesday evening, May 14, the New York Philharmonic took over Dresden’s iconic Die Glasërne … Continue »