Harald Vogel is a German organist, organologist, and author. He was born on 21 June 1941 in Ottersberg and is a leading expert on Renaissance and Baroque keyboard music.
Since 1994, he has been professor of organ at the University of the Arts Bremen. His work includes performances on historic organs and recordings of music by composers such as Dietrich Buxtehude, Johann Sebastian Bach, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, and Samuel Scheidt. From 1987 to 1993, he recorded Buxtehude’s complete organ works in a seven-volume series.
Vogel has written books and articles on organ music, historic instruments, organ building, tuning, and performance practice. His publications include a study of Arp Schnitger and his work, and a guide to organ history. He has also edited scholarly editions of organ and keyboard works by Nicolaus Bruhns, Samuel Scheidt, and Sweelinck.