Winfried Bönig has been the organist at Cologne Cathedral since 2001 and thus makes his mark on one of the most important organ positions in Germany. He has been Professor of Artistic Organ Playing and Improvisation at the Cologne University of Music since 1998. Before that, Bönig worked mainly in southern Germany. He grew up in Bamberg, sat at the cathedral organ there as a pupil at the age of 13, later studied in Munich, earned a doctorate in musicology in Augsburg and worked as a church musician in Memmingen for 14 years. Since then, he has travelled all over the world as a concert organist. www.koelner-dommusik.de/organisten