Stefan Engels was recently appointed Professor of Organ and Leah Fullinwider Chair in Music Performance at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, USA. He previously held appointments at one of Europe’s oldest and most prestigious music institutions, the University of Music and Performing Arts Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy in Leipzig, Germany, and at Westminster Choir College in Princeton, USA. He also founded and is Artistic Director of the European Organ Academy Leipzig. Engels maintains a busy international concert and recording schedule with performances at prestigious venues in Berlin, London, Montreal, Moscow, Oslo, Reykjavik, Seoul and Vienna. He is also a sought-after teacher, having presented lectures and master classes in many countries. Mr. Engels frequently serves on juries at leading international organ competitions such as the Canadian International Organ Competition, St. Albans Competition and the Leipzig Bach Competition. He has recorded two highly acclaimed CDs on the Naxos and Priory labels and is currently completing the world premiere recording of the complete organ works (14 CDs) of late-Romantic German composer Sigfrid Karg-Elert. Engels received his education in Germany and the United States. Among his teachers were Wolfgang Rübsam and the late Robert Anderson. He achieved his international breakthrough when he was awarded the Concerto Gold Medal at the 1998 Calgary International Organ Competition.