Pianist and conductor Lars Vogt has died at age 51. He had most cancers.
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Pianist and conductor Lars Vogt has died at age 51. He had most cancers.
Gioriga Bertazzi/Askonas Holt
The classical music world is mourning the demise of pianist and conductor Lars Vogt who died Sept. 5. In response to his representatives, Vogt died “surrounded by his household after a battle with most cancers.”
Born in Duren, Germany, in 1970, Vogt’s profession soared after he gained second prize on the 1990 Leeds Worldwide Piano Competitors. He went on to carry out as a solo artist with main orchestras together with the New York Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, London Symphony Orchestra and NHK Symphony Orchestra. He was a visitor conductor for quite a few orchestras. In 2020, he grew to become music director of Orchestre de chambre de Paris.
As an educator, Vogt based Rhapsody in Faculty, an initiative to convey classical performers into school rooms all through Germany and Austria.
“The musical world is devastated by the passing of the fantastic pianist and good friend,” tweeted Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Montero, “Simply days in the past, we have been texting one another hoping to fulfill. I want we would had the time. Tonight, we listened to him, conserving him in our hearts. We’ll always remember you, pricey Lars. “
“Music is such an incredible factor,” Vogt informed pianist Zsolt Bognár on his program Residing The Classical Life, “In music, you get transported into this world the place you overlook every little thing.”
Bognár began a fundraiser for Vogt’s household.
