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Place of Birth: Düren, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
About Lars Vogt
- Lars Vogt (born 8 September 1970, in Düren, West Germany) is a German concert pianist and conductor. 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.
- He founded the festival 'Spannungen' in Heimbach (Eifel) in 1998. In May 2014 the Royal Northern Sinfonia announced the appointment of Vogt as its next music director, effective September 2015.
- Vogt served as music director designate for the 2014-2015 season, in his first formal orchestral post. Vogt has recorded commercially for such labels as EMI.
- In 2004 Vogt was awarded both the Brahms-Preis and the Echo Klassik.
- He also won the "Großer Kulturpreis der rheinischen Sparkassen" in 2006.
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