楊‧沃格勒 Jan Vogler

“Vogler’s intense and febrile sound is restrained by classical discipline and enriched by a searching musical intelligence.”-New Yorker

沃格勒的古典訓練讓他能駕馭強烈熱情的樂音，其詮釋因不斷尋找音樂智性而豐富。-《紐約客》雜誌

大提琴家揚．沃格勒在其傑出職涯中頻繁與世界級指揮大師和國際知名交響樂團同台演出，其中包括紐約愛樂樂團、萊比錫布商大廈管弦樂團、柏林德意志交響樂團和倫敦愛樂樂團。他善用出眾實力探索大提琴的聲音界限並與當代作曲家和藝術家開啟密切對話。合作方式包括時常參與諸多作曲家的作品世界首演，像是提格蘭．曼蘇賢（由謝苗．畢契科夫指揮德國西德廣播交響樂團）、約翰．哈比森（與王崢嶸及波士頓交響樂團合作）、烏多．齊默曼（與巴伐利亞廣播交響樂團演出）、沃夫岡．里姆（與王崢嶸共同演出二重協奏曲）、約格．魏德曼（向揚．沃格勒致意而創作的大提琴協奏曲 《黑色弦音》Dunkle Saiten）、尼可．穆利、史凡．赫爾比希及周龍（為揚．沃格勒譜寫的《三大洲－大提琴與管弦樂團協奏曲》Drei Kontinente – Konzert für Cello und Orchester），還有尚恩．謝波德（《晴朗的一天》On a Clear Day ，根據烏拉．哈恩詩作而作的大提琴、合唱團與管弦樂團作品。於2023年由長野健指揮漢堡國立愛樂管弦樂團首演）。 《紐約時報》讚揚沃格勒有「深情、色彩豐富的演奏手法」，而 《法蘭克福匯報》亦提到他能「讓他的大提琴如吟唱般說話」。

 除了以獨奏家身分參與古典音樂會演出，沃格勒持續探索新方式來結合音樂與其他藝術。2024年2月他與在總統就職典禮上朗誦詩作的詩人亞曼達．戈爾曼合作，於卡內基音樂廳的艾薩克．斯特恩禮堂舉辦一場備受讚譽的音樂會－沃格勒演奏巴赫的大提琴組曲與亞曼達．戈爾曼一起呈現她的當代詩歌創作。兩人亦於 2024年3月在《史蒂芬．荷伯晚間秀》電視節目上演出。此外，沃格勒與演員比爾墨瑞共同完成《比爾墨瑞、揚．沃格勒與好友－新世界》音樂文學計畫。充滿新意的節目安排吸引了國際關注，演出匯集馬克．吐溫、海明威、惠特曼、庫柏、伯恩斯坦、巴赫、皮亞佐拉、曼西尼、蓋希文及佛斯特等大師作品，帶著觀眾透過這場出乎意料的精采演出探索文學與音樂之間的關係。

獨奏家揚．沃格勒的職涯亮點包括與紐約愛樂管弦樂團在紐約及德勒斯登同台（2005年德勒斯登聖母教堂重建後重新開幕典禮，由羅林．馬塞爾指揮），他與芝加哥交響樂團、波士頓交響樂團、匹茲堡交響樂團、蒙特婁交響樂團、德勒斯登薩克森國家管弦樂團、伯明罕市交響樂團、聖西西里亞音樂院管弦樂團、維也納交響樂團、慕尼黑愛樂管弦樂團，以及騎士樂團等知名樂團皆有合作演出。沃格勒亦與多位世界知名指揮家合作過，像是安德里斯．尼爾森斯、法比奧．路易西、安東尼奧．帕帕諾爵士、瓦列里．葛濟夫、湯瑪士．亨格布洛克、曼弗雷德．霍內克以及長野健。

在藝術總監揚．沃格勒及指揮長野健的帶領下，華格納的《指環四部曲》將依最新華格納及其作品演出方式相關研究結果，呈現出作曲家當年完成作品時的藝術脈絡，同時也會安排豐富的周邊系列活動。這些皆屬於德勒斯登音樂節2023至2026年間「全本華格納」計畫的一部分。暖場活動是2023年在德勒斯登音樂節演出的《萊茵黃金》，演出後由長野健擔任藝術總監帶領巡迴科隆、拉維洛和琉森。接著在2024年上演了全本史詩中的第二部作品《女武神》。

沃格勒自2003年起與索尼古典唱片公司長期合作，迄今已錄製約20張專輯。最近發行的專輯包括2023年3月愛德華．拉羅與恩利克．卡薩爾斯的大提琴協奏曲；2022年7月與莫里茨堡音樂節的音樂家合作演出聚焦於德弗札克作品的 《德弗札克專輯》 及2022年5月與歐默．邁爾．威爾伯和英國廣播公司愛樂管弦樂團共同探索流行歌曲數百年歷史的《流行歌曲》。2020年6月沃格勒錄製由美國作曲家尼可．穆利、德國作曲家史凡．黑爾比希及中國作曲家周龍特別為他創作的大提琴協奏曲 《三大洲》。該作品由克里斯蒂安．馬切拉魯指揮西德廣播交響樂團共同演出。同時期沃格勒亦與瓦列里．葛濟夫指揮的馬林斯基劇院管弦樂團合作錄製的蕭斯塔科維奇的第二號大提琴協奏曲。

稍早的錄音作品尚有與小提琴家王崢嶸、英國皇家蘇格蘭國家管弦樂團及指揮彼得．翁季安合作錄製的里姆、布拉姆斯和哈比森的小提琴與大提琴雙重協奏曲（2018年5月）；與德勒斯登音樂節管弦樂團及艾佛．鮑爾頓合作的舒曼大提琴協奏曲錄音（2016年10月）；與指揮安德烈斯．奧羅斯科-埃斯特拉達、法蘭克福廣播交響樂團和莫里茨堡音樂節團隊合作錄製的柴可夫斯基 《洛可可變奏曲》（2016年3月）；與佛利亞巴洛克樂團合作的 《威尼斯協奏曲集》，當中收錄十八世紀維瓦第、卡爾達拉、波爾波拉等作曲家所作的威尼斯大提琴協奏曲；與海倫娜．葛麗茂等音樂家合作的舒曼專輯 《詩人之戀》以及他備受讚譽的巴赫 《六首無伴奏大提琴組曲》錄音。繼短篇性格小品專輯 《我的曲調》大獲成功後，沃格勒又發行了第二集。隨後還有與大衛．羅伯森指揮紐約愛樂管弦樂團合作的德弗札克大提琴協奏曲錄音，此專輯榮獲Pizzicato超音速獎、法國《奏鳴曲之聲》金調令獎及法國《世界音樂》雜誌三月「樂評之星」殊榮。

楊．沃格勒自2001年起擔任莫里茨堡音樂節藝術總監、2008年10月起擔任享譽盛名的德勒斯登音樂節總監。莫里茨堡音樂節於2017年慶祝成立25週年，此音樂節已成為國際上最具聲望的室內樂音樂節。

沃格勒於2006年獲頒歐洲文化獎，2011年獲得以仁愛、包容和國際理解為宗旨的艾立克．凱斯特納獎。2018年6月，他以德勒斯登音樂節總監身分獲頒歐洲文化獎 - TAURUS獎章，2021年獲得德意志聯邦共和國功績勳章。

楊．沃格勒目前演奏的是1707年製造的史特拉底瓦里製 Ex Castelbarco/Fau大提琴 。

Jan Vogler’s distinguished career has brought him together with renowned conductors and internationally acclaimed orchestras around the world, such as New York Philharmonic, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and London Philharmonic Orchestra. His great ability allowed him to explore the sound boundaries of the cello and to establish an intensive dialogue with contemporary composers and artists. This includes regular world premieres, including works by Tigran Mansurian (with WDR Symphony Orchestra conducted by Semyon Bychkov), John Harbison (with Mira Wang and the Boston Symphony Orchestra), Udo Zimmermann (Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra), Wolfgang Rihm (Double Concerto with Mira Wang), Jörg Widman (Cello Concerto Dunkle Saiten, dedicated to Jan Vogler himself), Nico Muhly, Sven Helbig and Zhou-Long (Drei Kontinente – Konzert für Cello und Orchester, composed for Jan Vogler) and Sean Shepherd (On a Clear Day based on a cycle of poems by Ulla Hahn, for cello, choirs and orchestra, which was premiered in 2023 with the Philharmonic State Orchestra conducted by Kent Nagano). The New York Times praises his “soulful, richly hued playing” and the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung grants him the ability “to make his cello speak like a singing voice”.

In addition to his classical concert activities as a soloist, Jan Vogler is constantly looking for new ways to combine music with other arts. In February 2024, he gave a highly acclaimed concert with inaugural-poet Amanda Gorman, performing Gorman’s contemporary poems with cello suites by J. S. Bach in the Isaac Stern Auditorium in Carnegie Hall. The duo appeared on the popular ‘Late Night Show with Stephen Colbert’ in March 2024. Jan Vogler has also collaborated with actor Bill Murray for their joint musical-literary project “Bill Murray, Jan Vogler & Friends – New Worlds”. The innovative programme drew international attention and brought together works by Twain, Hemingway, Whitman, Cooper, Bernstein, Bach, Piazzolla, Mancini, Gershwin and Foster for an unexpected and exciting exploration of the relationship between literature and music.

Highlights of Jan Vogler’s career as a soloist are concerts with the New York Philharmonic – both in New York and Dresden at the occasion of the reopening of the rebuilt Dresdner Frauenkirche under the direction of Lorin Maazel in 2005 –, Chicago, Boston, Pittsburgh and Montréal Symphony Orchestras, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra dell’ Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Munich Philharmonic as well as with The Knights.  He collaborates with conductors such as Andris Nelsons, Fabio Luisi, Sir Antonio Pappano, Valery Gergiev, Thomas Hengelbrock, Manfred Honeck and Kent Nagano.

Under the artistic direction of Jan Vogler and conductor Kent Nagano, Wagner’s “Ring Tetralogy” will be performed in the artistic context of the period in which it was composed, based on the latest findings of research into Wagner and performance practice, and integrated into an extensive supporting program as part of the multi-year project “The Wagner Cycles” of the Dresdner Musikfestspiele from 2023 to 2026. The prelude was the performance of “Das Rheingold” at the Dresden Music Festival in 2023 and the tour to Cologne, Ravello and Lucerne under the musical direction of Kent Nagano. With “Die Walküre,” the second work in the epochal narrative will follow in 2024.

Jan Vogler has been working successfully with the Sony Classical label since 2003 and in the course of this cooperation around 20 CDs have been produced so far. The most recent releases were with the cello concertos of Edouard Lalo and Enrique Casals in March 2023, The Dvorak Album in July 2022 with musicians from the Moritzburg Festival, which focused on works by the composer, and Pop Songs in May 2022, in which Jan Vogler explores the history of pop song over the past centuries with Omer Meir Wellber and the BBC Philharmonic. June 2020 also saw the release of his recording of the cello concerto Three Continents written especially for the cellist by Nico Muhly (USA), Sven Helbig (D) and Zhou Long (CHN) with the WDR Sinfonieorchester conducted by Cristian Măcelaru, as well as the Second Cello Concerto by Shostakovich with the Mariinsky Orchestra under Valery Gergiev.

Previous recordings include a recording of double concertos for violin & violoncello by Rihm, Brahms and Harbison, together with violinist Mira Wang, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and conductor Peter Oundjian (May 2018), as well as Schumann’s cello concerto together with the Dresden Festival Orchestra and Ivor Bolton (October 2016), Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Andrés Orozco-Estrada and the Moritzburg Festival Ensemble (March 2016), Concerti di Venezia with La Folia Baroque Orchestra featuring Venetian cello Concertos from the 18th century from Vivaldi, Caldara, Porpora e.a., the Schumann album Dichterliebewith Hélène Grimaud e.a., and his critically acclaimed recording of Bach’s Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello. After the success of his CD My Tunes featuring short character pieces, a volume 2 was published. It was followed by an award-winning recording of Dvořák’s Cello Concerto with the New York Philharmonic under David Robertson (Pizzicato Supersonic Award, Diapason d’Or Janvier, Choc – Le Monde de la Musique Mars).

Jan Vogler has been Intendant of the renowned Dresden Music Festival since October 2008 as well as Artistic Director of the Moritzburg Festival since 2001. In 2017 the Moritzburg Festival celebrated its 25th anniversary as one of the most established chamber music festivals internationally.

In 2006, he received the European Award for Culture and in 2011 the Erich-Kästner Award for tolerance, humanity and international understanding. In June 2018 he received the European Award for Culture TAURUS as Director of the Dresden Music Festival. 2021 Jan Vogler was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Jan Vogler plays the Stradivari 'Ex Castelbarco/Fau' 1707 cello.  

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