I sometimes joke - but the joke is not so wrong - that after my time in East Germany, I could either afford therapy to work through what happened under the Communists or move to New York. — Jan Vogler Copy Share Image
I remember my first time coming to New York City. It was 1986, and I was on a U.S. tour with a stop at Lincoln Center. It was love at first sight. — Jan Vogler Copy Share Image
I think that for every artist, it's very important to have an output and to feel very strongly about the music you're producing. — Jan Vogler Copy Share Image
I tried to play Piazzolla's 'Grand Tango' at 20 and failed miserably. You need a little experience of life for tango. — Jan Vogler Copy Share Image
There was no such thing as a solo career in East Germany. You had to get the best orchestra job that you could. — Jan Vogler Copy Share Image
There's no place that communicates as much - and as quickly - as Times Square does. I see the roiling energy and its forceful… — Jan Vogler Copy Share Image
As a professional cellist, I go to mostly classical concerts because that's the music I play, but I am also always trying to find… — Jan Vogler Copy Share Image
I sometimes joke - but the joke is not so wrong - that after my time in East Germany, I could either afford therapy… — Jan Vogler Copy Share Image
Our biggest catastrophe was that Dresden was destroyed in the war. But the message of the city is that wounds of war can heal,… — Jan Vogler Copy Share Image
My favorite exhibition of all time was at The Met years ago, called 'Glitter and Doom: German Portraits from the 1920s.' — Jan Vogler Copy Share Image
New York is the opposite of East Germany, the crown of individuality. That's why I can work well here and find out what I… — Jan Vogler Copy Share Image
In Berlin... it's important to present a concert that will change their ears... so if you present a Tchaikovsky symphony, you get almost no… — Jan Vogler Copy Share Image
