Stephan König

- born 1963 in Berlin / Musical Training: 1974-80 Special School for Music Halle/S., 1980-86 study at the "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Music College, Leipzig (Main Subjects Conducting, Piano and Composition)

- 1986-88 additional course of study in composition at the Leipzig College of Music

Artistic Activity: Concert trips abroad: asia, central america, south america and in many european countries

Artistic contracts as guest: Gewandhaus Leipzig, Leipzig Opera, "Musikalische Komödie" Leipzig, Leipzig Theatre, MDR Symphony Orchestra, MDR Choir, Dancing Theatre Leipzig, Theatre Magdeburg, Philharmonie Jena a. o.

- active as pianist, composer and director in the areas of jazz, classical and contemporary music

- teaching at the Leipzig College of Music and Theatre since 1988 (piano, jazz-piano, improvisation, arrangement)

- collaboration in numerous CD, radio and television productions
- pricewinner of national and international competitions

Artistic collaboration with: amarcord, Rebekka Bakken, Georg Christoph Biller, Uschi Brüning, Richard Galliano, Kathrin Göring, Nigel Kennedy, Ines Agnes Krautwurst, Jochen Kupfer, Lyambiko, Ulrike Mayer, Tobias Morgenstern, Anca Parghel, Martin Petzold, Florian Poser, Fermín Villanueva, Sebastian Weber, Angelika Weiz, Pascal v. Wroblewsky, Wolfgang Krause Zwieback, Leipziger Streichquartett, Sjaella and many others