Lars Vogt established himself as one of the leading musicians of his generation. Born in the German town of Düren in 1970, he first came to public attention when he won second prize at the 1990 Leeds International Piano Competition.

His versatility as an artist ranged from the core classical repertoire of Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann and Brahms to the Romantic era, and through to Lutosławski.

As a conductor, Vogt worked with many leading orchestras, including the Cologne, Munich and Zurich Chamber Orchestras, Camerata Salzburg, the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, the Frankfurter Museumsorchester, the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. In September 2015 Vogt took up his post as music director of Royal Northern Sinfonia at Sage Gateshead.

During his prestigious career as a pianist Vogt performed with many of the world’s great orchestras, including the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam, the Orchestre de Paris, the Berlin, Vienna and New York Philharmonics, The Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Symphony Orchestras of London, Boston, Bavarian Radio and the NHK.

Lars Vogt, Acclaimed Pianist and Conductor, Passes Away at 51 (The New York Times)

Facing Death, a Pianist Recorded Music of Unspeakable Emotions (The New York Times)