After captivating the audience with his first solo recital at the second International Festival “Organs of St. Anastasia” in June 2025, the young and talented German organist Raphael returns to Zadar. This fruitful collaboration continues at the third edition of the festival, where this exceptional musician will once again perform in the Cathedral of St. Anastasia.

His debut recital in Zadar left a lasting impression – an hour and a half of masterful performance, crowned with ovations and prolonged applause. It is with great anticipation that we now look forward to his upcoming concert, scheduled for 24 July 2026 at 8:00 PM in the Cathedral of St. Anastasia.

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy:

(1809 – 1847)                     

Overture on A Midsummer Night's Dream,op.21

(Transcription Raphael A. Vogl)

Johann Sebastian Bach:  

(1685 – 1750)                     

Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048

 (Transcription Raphael A. Vogl)

   - Allegro con spirito

   - Adagio

   - Allegro

Claude Debussy:

(1862 – 1918)                         

La cathédrale engloutie

(Transcription Raphael A. Vogl)

George Thalban-Ball:          

(1896 – 1987)

Variations on a Theme of Paganini

Raphael Attila Vogl:                 

(*1996)

Improvisation

Biography

https://www.raphaelattilavogl.com/

German organist Raphael Attila Vogl began his early musical study with cathedral organist Ludwig Ruckdeschel in Passau, Germany. At the age of 18, he attended the Hochschule für Katholische Kirchenmusik und Musikpädagogik (College for Catholic Church Music & Music Education) in Regensburg, Germany. While in Regensburg, he studied Organ Performance and Church Music under Stefan Baier and Markus Rupprecht. Subsequently, he studied under László Fassang for one year at the Franz-Liszt-Academy in Budapest, Hungary. Raphael graduated with a Master's degree in Organ Performance from the world-famous Juilliard School in 2020, where he studied under the Grammy Award-winning Paul Jacobs. The following year, he was admitted to the most advanced course of study offered at The Juilliard School — The Doctor of Musical Arts.

Raphael A. Vogl has participated in various competitions, winning prizes in The International Mendelssohn Organ Competition in Switzerland, The International Tariverdiev Competition in Russia, and The Boulder Bach Festivals World Bach Competition. Raphael made his Alice Tully Hall debut in 2020, where he performed the New York premiere of Sophia Gubaidulina's The Rider on the White Horse at the Focus Festival at Lincoln Center. As a concert organist, he has performed in concert halls and cathedrals across Europe and America, such as the Berlin Philharmonic, Madison Symphony, and Marian Anderson Hall, and he performs regularly with the Philadelphia Orchestra, working with Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Roderick Cox, or Daniele Rustioni.

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