Jan Vogler’s distinguished career has seen him perform 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 strong artistic foundation has allowed him to explore the boundaries of his sound, creating an ongoing dialogue also with contemporary composers and performers. Heregularly premieres new works, for instance compositions by celebrated composers Tigran Mansurian (with WDR Sinfonieorchester 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) and Jörg Widman (Cello Concerto “Dunkle Saiten”, dedicated to Jan Vogler himself). The New York Timespraises his “soulful, richly hued playing” and the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung grants him the ability “to make his Cello speak like a singing voice”. 

Jan Vogler has been Director 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 25^thanniversary as one of the most established chamber music festivals internationally. 

Highlights of Jan Vogler’s 2017/18 season are concerts with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra as its Artist-in-Residence, in addition to those with the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Jurowski, the Philharmonia Zurich and the Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, both with Fabio Luisi, and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Peter Oundjian. He will also return to the Singapore Symphony Orchestra as well as the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin conducted by Manfred Honeck with the world premiere of Dai Fujikura’s cello concerto in the version for full orchestra. He will also perform duo concerts with Hélène Grimaud, Lise de la Salle and Martin Stadtfeld. 

Furthermore, Jan Vogler will concentrate together with actor Bill Murray on their project “Bill Murray, Jan Vogler & Friends – New Worlds”. This internationally acclaimed, cutting-edge program brings together works by Twain, Hemingway, Whitman, Cooper, Bernstein, Bach, Piazzolla, Mancini, Gershwin and Foster in an unexpected and enchanting exploration of the intersection of music and literature – the featured songs are paired with literary readings brought to life with classical music. It was released on CD at the end of September 2017 by Decca Gold. “Bill Murray, Jan Vogler & Friends” premiered the program in June 2017 at Dresden Music Festival and will tour with it extensively world-wide.

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 inauguration of the rebuilt Dresdner Frauenkirche under the direction of Lorin Maazel in 2005–, Chicago, Boston, Pittsburgh and Montréal Symphony Orchestras, Mariinsky Orchestra,Sächsischen Staatskapelle Dresden,Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Munich Philharmonic as well as with The Knights. 

His long-term collaboration with the Label Sony Classical began in 2003 and has resulted so far in roughly 20 CDs.His latest release is Schumann’s cello concerto together with the Dresden Festival Orchestra and Ivor Bolton (October 2016). Previous recordings include Tchaikovsky’sRococo 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 18^thcentury 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 Cellowhich was awarded the ECHO Klassik award in the category “Instrumentalist of the Year (cello)” in 2014. After the success of his CD My Tunesfeaturing short character pieces, a volume 2 was published shortly after. 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).

In 2006, he received the European Award for Culture and in 2011 the Erich-Kästner Award for tolerance, humanity and international understanding. 

Jan Voglerplaysthe Stradivari 'Ex Castelbarco/Fau' 1707 cello.