A year on, Lars Vogt is remembered by his daughter
NewsIsabelle Vogt has written a beautiful reminiscence of her irreplaceable pianist father, who died a year ago today, aged 51.
Opening words:
‘I was always afraid of losing someone close to me. I also always thought that if that ever happened, I wouldn’t know how to continue living. And yet I continue to live, even after my dad has been gone for almost a year. That’s probably because he’s still with us somehow. I feel his joy and love everywhere, it envelops me when I think of him. When I play the piano, I feel he might even be listening to me. In fact, I firmly believe that he and his energy will never completely disappear. So many people he connected with each other, souls he touched with his music and his being, that can’t disappear, not even after death…’
More here.
a touching tribute to an amazing musician.
I treasure Herr Vogt’s playing and I am sorry for his early demise. He was a musician’s musician, forever in service of music, serious music making. May he rest in eternal peace. His Goldberg Variations, among many of his recordings, I consider deeply moving.
A beautiful and touching tribute <3
Beautiful sentiments from a beloved daughter. A superb pianist, there’s a warmth in his performances that cannot be faked. A life tragically cut short but what a legacy.
I stumbled on Lars’ interview on Living this Classical Life while in bed undergoing intensive radiochemotherapy for cancer. The extraordinary man and his music have opened a whole world to me as since then I have listened every day to a Vogt recording and been inspired and delighted to live my life with renewed vigour. I cannot express what Vogt’s music making has given me. A perfection of a man and an artist.