Sebastian Heindl

Sebastian Heindl (born 1997 in Gera, Germany) is a German organist.

Heindl began studying piano at age five and then at age ten became a singer in the Thomanerchor of the St. Thomas Church in Leipzig, where he began studying the organ under the university organist, Daniel Beilschmidt [de].He is currently studying the organ under Martin Schmeding and Thomas Lennartz [de] at the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig.

Heindl has made recordings for MDR Fernsehen and Bayerischer Rundfunk public broadcasters and was featured in a BBC documentary with John Eliot Gardiner.

In 2017, he performed the Concerto pour orgue, cordes et timbales of Francis Poulenc with the Jungen Mitteldeutschen Kammerorchester in the Gewandhaus in Leipzig.

• 2012 and 2015 - Jugend musiziert
• 2016 - Internationaler Bach Wettbewerb Leipzig: Special Prize for the youngest participant
• 2017 - Organ – Journal für die Orgel [de]: Organist of the Year 2016
• 2017 - Northern Ireland International Organ Competition 2017, First Prize
• 2018 - Internationale Orgelwoche Nürnberg [de]: Organ Competition, Third Prize
• 2019 - Longwood Gardens International Organ Competition: Pierre S. du Pont First Prize, Audience Choice Prize, American Guild of Organists Philadelphia Chapter Prize

• Flaschenpost-Geheimnisse: Dukas und seine Schüler, Alain, Messiaen und Duruflé. Rondeau Production [de] Leipzig 2016.
• Sebastian Heindl: St. Matthias Berlin Concert (Dupré, Bach, Beethoven, Liszt, Franck, Duruflé, Middleschulte).Spotify 2021.