Philipp Christ (born 1979 in Wiesbaden) studied piano, church music and organ at the Musikhochschule Lübeck from 2000 to 2008 with Prof. Hartmut Rohmeyer and Prof. Arvid Gast. During that period he took a year, in 2003, to study with Prof. Jacques van Oortmerssen at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. He completed his organ studies with Prof. Wolfgang Zerer in Hamburg in 2011 (Konzertexamen mit Auszeichnung), and has also participated in numerous masterclasses with Harald Vogel, Edoardi Bellotti, Michael Radulescu, Ton Koopman, Naji Hakim and Bill Porter among others. Prizewinner at international competitions, he won, in 2006, the 1st prize at the Orgelconcours Leiden (NL), in 2007 the Förderpreis at the Buxtehude Competition Lübeck and 3rd prize at the Organ Competition Kazan. From 2007 to 2009 he was assistant organist at the three historic organs of St. Jakobi Lübeck, and since 2010 he has been organist at the Hauptkirche and Kreuzkirche Suhl (in Thuringia, Germany), where he presides over the historic Eilert-Köhler-Orgel (1738-40), on which he recorded the CD „Bach & Böhm“. He has performed in Germany, England, Italy, France, Poland, Russia, Japan and the USA.