Stephan König

Stephan König (born 4 October 1963) is a German composer, pianist and conductor. He is the musical director of the “LeipJAZZig-Orkester” and the chamber orchestra “artentfaltung” and is considered one of the most authoritative Jazz musicians in Leipzig. Life König was born in Berlin in 1963. After six years of music school lessons in Magdeburg, König was a pupil at the Spezialschule für Musik in Halle from 1974 to 1980. In 1980, he began studying at the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig, majoring in conducting (Olaf Koch and Christian Kluttig), piano (Wolfram Merkel) and composition (Peter Herrmann) and graduated in 1986 in all three subjects. He then completed additional studies in composition at the same university until 1988. Since the same year, he has held a teaching position at the university. In the field of jazz/popular music he currently teaches jazz piano and piano. In 1985, he made a guest appearance as harpsichordist of the Halle Opera House in Poland. In 1986, he was a founding member of the Leipzig Jazz Theatre, of which he was musical director for two years. In 1987, the pianist founded the König Trio together with Thomas Moritz (double bass) and Jörg Steffens