Lars Vogt

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Lars Vogt (born 8 September 1970, in Düren, Germany) is a German concert pianist.

Career

Lars Vogt studied at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hannover with Karl-Heinz Kämmerling. He rose to prominence after winning second prize at the 1990 Leeds International Piano Competition and has since gone on to give major concerto and recital performances. In the 2003/04 season he made his debut with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra under conductor Lorin Maazel. He is especially interested in chamber music, founding the festival „Spannungen“ in Heimbach (Eifel) in 1998. He has a close association with the Berlin Philharmonic.^{[citation needed]}

In 2004 he was awarded both the Brahmspreis and the Echo Klassik. He also won the "Großer Kulturpreis der rheinischen Sparkassen" in 2006.

Discography

Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2
Mozart: Piano Recital
Mozart: Piano Trio / Berg: Sonate / Schönberg: Chambersymphony (Heimbach)
Dvorak: Sonatine / Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio (Heimbach)
Russian Cello Sonatas Truls Mørk
French Violin Sonatas, with Sarah Chang
Grieg/Schumann: Piano Concertos
Schubert: Piano Sonata No 21 D960 / 3 Klavierstuecke D946
Schumann: Fantasie in C major / Liszt: Sonata in B minor
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, with Konrad Beikircher

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Biography

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 120000859 LCCN: no98079898 ISNI: 0000 0001 1497 5739 GND: 134783115

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Name	Vogt, Lars
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Short description	German pianist
Date of birth	8 September 1970
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