Johannes Matthias Michel

Johannes Matthias Michel was born in 1962 and studied piano in Basel, church music in Heidelberg and finally organ in Stuttgart, completing the solo performers’ exam. In 1988 he became district cantor in Eberbach / Neckar, in 1999 state Kantor and in 2021 deputy state church music director based at the Christuskirche in Mannheim. As an honorary professor, he has taught at the University for Church Music in Heidelberg and the State University of Music in Mannheim since 1989. Michel authored an organ school, numerous choral books, and published hundreds of compositions in nearly every genre. He has released over 20 CD recordings on the organ and the harmonium, in addition to radio and television recordings.