Jan Vogler

{{Short description|German cellist}}

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Jan Vogler (born February 18, 1964) is a German-born classical cellist who lives in New York City.[https://www.janvogler.com/en-us/about/ "About Jan Vogler"], janvogler.com

Born in East Berlin, he studied first with his father Peter Vogler and subsequently with Josef Schwab in Berlin, Heinrich Schiff in Basel and Siegfried Palm. At the age of 20 he won the principal cello position of the Staatskapelle Dresden, becoming the youngest player in the history of this orchestra to hold that position. He left the position in 1997 to pursue a solo career, moving to New York with his wife, violinist Mira Wang and their two children.[https://www.huffingtonpost.com/nycarts/jan-voglers-new-york-musi_b_2720018.html "Jan Vogler's New York: Music, Museums & Murray's"], NYC-Arts, HuffPost, February 20, 2013

In New York in 2010, he was a soloist with the Naumburg Orchestral Concerts, in the Naumburg Bandshell, Central Park, in the summer series. {{Cite web |title=Notable Events and Performers |url=https://naumburgconcerts.org/notable-events-and-performers |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=Naumburg Orchestral Concerts |language=en-US}}

There he befriended Bill Murray[https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/bill-murray-king-of-the-atms-thats-actor-turned-musician-zf6j3hjdc "Bill Murray, king of the ATMs (that's actor turned musician)"] by Ed Potton, The Times (London), September 30, 2017 who joined him in 2017 for a musical recital in the Kulturpalast (Dresden).[https://www.kulturpalast-dresden.de/veranstaltung/bill-murray-jan-vogler-freunde.html "Bill Murray, Jan Vogler & Freunde"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407184115/https://www.kulturpalast-dresden.de/veranstaltung/bill-murray-jan-vogler-freunde.html |date=April 7, 2019 }}, Kulturpalast Dresden {{in lang|de}} The program, titled "New Worlds", was recorded for Decca Records, Murray's debut album, and toured in Germany and America, including the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg[https://www.janvogler.com/en-us/projects/new-worlds/ "New Worlds"], janvogler.com and Carnegie Hall in New York City.[https://www.timeout.com/newyork/blog/how-a-chance-encounter-brought-bill-murray-to-carnegie-hall-101117 "How a chance encounter brought Bill Murray to Carnegie Hall"] by Kurt Gottschalk, Time Out (New York), October 11, 2017

German composer Jörg Widmann dedicated his cello concerto Dunkle Saiten (Dark Strings, 2000) to Vogler.[https://en.schott-music.com/joerg-widmanns-cellokonzert-dunkle-saiten-mit-jan-vogler-in-hamburg/ "Jörg Widmanns Cellokonzert Dunkle Saiten mit Jan Vogler in Hamburg"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012150325/https://en.schott-music.com/joerg-widmanns-cellokonzert-dunkle-saiten-mit-jan-vogler-in-hamburg/ |date=October 12, 2017 }}, Schott Music, March 9, 2015 {{in lang|de}} Vogler has performed as soloist with the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, Staatskapelle Dresden, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, Taiwan Philharmonic (NSO), and Vienna Symphony. His regular recital partners include Hélène Grimaud.

He is a Sony recording artist, and his discography includes the Cello Suites of Johann Sebastian Bach, the Dvořák Cello Concerto with the New York Philharmonic,[http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=108940 The Secret Of Dvořák's Cello Concerto / Vogler, Et Al] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208051023/http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=108940 |date=December 8, 2015 }}, ArkivMusic the Schumann Cello Concerto, and other major works.[https://www.janvogler.com/en-us/recordings/ Recordings], janvogler.com

His cello is the Castelbarco/Fau, made by Stradivari in 1707.[http://www.moirajohnson.com/2012/07/jan-voglers-new-cello/ "Jan Vogler Acquires Rare Stradivarius 'Ex Castelbarco/Fau' Cello"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407184101/http://www.moirajohnson.com/2012/07/jan-voglers-new-cello/ |date=April 7, 2019 }}, press release, July 23, 2012, Moira Johnson Consulting