Bastian Uhlig was born in the Ore Mountains in 1998. He studied harpsichord, organ, basso continuo and fortepiano at the Royal Conservatory in Brussels and at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Weimar, graduating with top marks in 2022 and 2024 respectively. CD recordings were made in collaboration with the Thüringen Philharmonie Gotha-Eisenach for the Accent label, with more to be released in the coming years. His concerts have been recorded by Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Corporación Radio e Televisión de Galicia and Bayerischer Rundfunk, among others.
Bastian Uhlig holds a position as regional cantor in the Waltershausen/Ohrdruf church district, where he works on the famous Trost organ (1724/1730) in the Waltershausen town church alongside numerous historical instruments. He has received numerous invitations to perform as a soloist in Spain, France, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Italy, the Ukraine, Mexico, Israel, Austria and Germany. for example as a harpsichord soloist accompanied by the Real Filharmonía de Galicia, the Thüringen Philharmonie Gotha-Eisenach or the Philharmonisches Orchester Vorpommern, for organ recitals in the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela and in the Church of the Redeemer in Jerusalem, as part of a solo concert tour in Andalusia or together with Ton Koopman, Midori Seiler, Valer Sabadus and Michael Hofstetter, as well as countless others. Bastian Uhlig is regarded by critics as a versatile ‘master of his craft’, for which he has received several international awards.
