2026 Adjudicators

Canadian pianist Bruce Vogt was born in southern Ontario. He received his undergraduate degree from Western University, where he studied with his mentor, Dr. Damjana Bratuž. In 2023 he was inducted into the Western University music faculty alumni Wall of Fame for “… lifelong dedication to the boundless beauty of music and its power to touch hearts and minds.”

Bruce received his graduate degree from the University of Toronto, where he studied with Anton Kuerti. He studied abroad with Gyorgy Sebok, Fou Ts’ong, Louis Kentner and others.

For the past 45 years has lived and worked in Victoria, BC where he has taught at the University of Victoria as Professor of Piano. As a soloist, he has appeared regularly in concerts within Canada, and he tours yearly in many countries throughout Europe and Asia. His repertoire encompasses music from the sixteenth century to the present. In addition to having a special affinity for the music of Franz Liszt, he has performed on period instruments and commissioned and premièred a number of new works.

In recent years, he has received many invitations in Canada and abroad to indulge another of his passions: improvising accompaniments to great films of the silent era. He has played for and lectured about films by Chaplin, Keaton, Lloyd, Griffith, Murnau and others.

But whether as a soloist or in chamber music, what Bruce values most is the opportunity to be a conduit, a mediator between music and listeners.