Jan Vogler, Bill Murray and Friends


Biography Jan Vogler, Bill Murray and Friends

Jan Vogler, Bill Murray and Friends

Jan Vogler
Jan Vogler’s distinguished career has seen him perform with renowned conductors and internationally acclaimed orchestras around the world. His strong classical foundation has allowed him to push the boundaries of his sound, creating an ongoing dialogue with contemporary composers and performers. He regularly premieres new works, most recently compositions by celebrated composers Tigran Mansurian (with WDR Sinfonieorchester conducted by Semyon Bychkov), John Harbison (with Mira Wang, the Boston Symphony Orchestra), Udo Zimmermann (Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra) and Wolfgang Rihm (Double Concerto with Mira Wang).

A prolific and multi-award-winning recording artist, Jan records exclusively for SONY Classical. His newest release with Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations, Serenade melancholique and Meditation with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Andrés Orozco-Estrada was released in March 2016. Other recent CD’s include Concerti a Venezia with La Folia Baroque Orchestra, the Schumann album “Dichterliebe” with Hélène Grimaud, and his critically acclaimed and award-winning recording of Bach’s Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello (2012).

In season 2016-2017 he is playing with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gustavo Gimeno, with the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra and Lan Shui, the Colorado Springs Philharmonic and Josep Caballé Domenech, the KBS Symphony and Yoel Levi, the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra and Eliahu Inbal and with the Orchestra La Fenice conducted by Omer Meir Wellber. Furthermore he will play Recitals with pianists Hélène Grimaud, Lise de la Salle and Martin Stadtfeld. With American actor Bill Murray he will present a musical-literary performance at the Dresden Music Festival in 2017.

Highlights of the 2015-2016 season included the world premiere of Wolfgang Rihm’s Duo Concerto with Mira Wang and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, concert appearances with the Boston Symphony conducted by Andris Nelsons, the Montreal Symphony Orchestra led by Alain Altinoglu, the Dresden Philharmonic with Juanjo Mena, the Singapore Symphony, Leipzig Radio Orchestra led by Kristjan Järvi, the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg with Ivor Bolton and the Dresden Festival Orchestra, also with Ivor Bolton.

Jan Vogler has been Artistic Director of the Moritzburg Festival near Dresden since 2001, and Intendant of the Dresden Music Festival since October 2008. In 2006, he received the European Award for Culture and in 2011 the Erich-Kästner Award for tolerance, humanity and international understanding. For his recording of Bach’s six Suites for cello solo he was awarded the ECHO Klassik 2014 award in the category “Instrumentalist of the Year (cello)”.

Jan Vogler plays the Stradivari 'Ex Castelbarco/Fau' 1707 cello and shares his time between New York City, where he lives with his wife and two daughters, and Dresden, Germany.

Bill Murray
is an actor and comedian. He first gained exposure on Saturday Night Live for which he earned an Emmy Award and later went on to star in comedy films, including Meatballs (1979), Caddyshack (1980), Stripes (1981), Tootsie (1982), Ghostbusters (1984), Scrooged (1988), What About Bob? (1991), and Groundhog Day (1993).

Murray garnered additional critical acclaim later in his career, starring in Lost in Translation (2003), which earned him a Golden Globe and a BAFTA Award for Best Actor, as well as an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. He also received Golden Globe nominations for his roles in Ghostbusters, Rushmore (1998), Hyde Park on Hudson (2012) and St. Vincent (2014).

In 2015, he appeared in a supporting role in Olive Kitteridge.

Vanessa Perez
Venezuelan-American pianist Vanessa Perez began her studies in Caracas, Venezuela at age seven at the Colegio Emil Friedman. She has degrees from the Royal Academy of Music in London and Yale University, and her teachers included Peter Frankl, Christopher Elton, Lazar Berman, and Ena Bronstein. Since, Perez has performed across the United States, Latin America and Europe. As a solo artist, she has recorded for VAI and received high praise for her Telarc recording of works by Chopin, reaching number five on the Billboard charts. Her most recent recording, Spain, was released by Steinway & Sons.

Recent performance highlights have included appearances at the International Keyboard Institute & Festival in New York, Gilmore International Keyboard Festival in Michigan, Chopin Festival in Spain, and Casals Festival in Puerto Rico. She has performed at the Palau de la Música in Barcelona, Montpellier Festival in France, Konzerthaus and Beethoven-Haus in Germany, Wigmore Hall in England, Gothic Hall in Belgium, and Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires. She has been featured on WQXR New York, WFMT Chicago, WGBH Boston, Minnesota Public Radio, Texas Public Radio, NPR‘s “All things Considered,” and American Public Media’s “Performance Today.” She can also be seen in Amazon’s series Mozart in the Jungle, performing Messiaen’s Turangalîla with Gael Garcia Bernal and ondist Suzanne Farrin.

Perez has appeared with the Orquesta de la Juventud Simon Bolívar under Gustavo Dudamel in Caracas, Teresa Carreño Youth Orchestra under Nikolaj Znaider, and Youth Orchestra of the Americas under Carlos Miguel Prieto and Jean Philippe Tremblay. She has collaborated with such artists as Gabriela Montero, Ingrid Fliter, Jan Vogler, Joshua Bell, John Axelrod, Enrique Batiz, Gustav Meier, James Judd, David Carreras, and Diego Matheuz. Her upcoming performances include collaborations with the Dalí Quartet, Daniel Hope, Stephen Buck, and Gabriela Montero.

Perez is a Steinway Artist.

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