Sebastian Heindl

Over the past years Sebastian Heindl attracted international attention by earning a number of prizes in organ competitions all around the globe. In 2019 he won the Longwood Gardens Organ Competition (USA), which is considered to be one of the most prestigious organ competitions worldwide.

He received his fundamental musical education as a chorister in St Thomas Boys Choir Leipzig, where he developed a deep connection to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. After that, Heindl continued his studies at Leipzig conservatory with Prof Martin Schmeding.

Thanks to his virtuoso interpretations and his adventurous charisma, he became a celebrated organ performer on leading concert stages such as the Philharmonie Berlin, Philharmonie Essen, Bamberg Symphony, Konzerthaus Berlin, Konzerthaus Wien. He had his debut at the Gewandhaus Leipzig with Francis Poulenc‘s Concerto for organ and orchestra. Concert tours led him to France, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, UK, Ireland, Russia, USA, Canada. His debut CD recorded at age 17 was lauded enthusiastically by the press. He was featured in music film productions by the Bachfest Leipzig, the BBC documentary “Bach – A passionate life” by Sir John Eliot Gardiner and in a much appreciated concert film production with the Berlin Philharmonic Brass Ensemble for the Digital Concert Hall.

Heindl also appears as an improviser and composer. His highly individual musical language consists of elements of modern Jazz music and classical formal structures.

In 2022 he was appointed the head of church music at the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin – a church that represents like no other one the turbulent history of Germany in the last two centuries.

Thanks to his lively activity on social media and the internet, especially YouTube, Heindl has encouraged thousands of people to fall in love with organ music.