Axel Flierl (*1976 in Nuremberg/Bavaria) studied sacred music and concert organ and concert organ improvisation with Edgar Krapp and Wolfgang Hörlin at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Munich as well as with Thierry Escaich and Vincent Warnier at Saint-Étienne-du-Mont in Paris (France) from 2004 to 2006, where he studied the complete organ works by Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986).

He was granted several renowned scholarships by the Bavarian Ministry of Education and the Arts and the Franco-German High Council for Cultural Affairs. His studies included time as a visiting student at the “Cité Internationale des Arts” and the “Cité Internationale Universitaire” in Paris (France).

2006 he was assigned the post of titular organist and conductor at St. Peter’s Basilica in Dillingen an der Donau (Bavaria/Germany), where in 2007 he initiated the international annual organ festival “Dillinger Basilikakonzerte”, around the large Sandtner-organ as its founder and artistic director. He conducted several oratorios as Bachs Magnificat, the Christmas Oratorio, Handels Messiah, Mozarts Requiem and the Coronation mass, Haydns Paukenmesse as well as Mendelssohns Elijah.

Since 2012 he is preparing a dissertation at Karlsruhe University of Music about the organ works of the german composer Karl Höller (1907-1987).

Apart from working as an organ soloist internationally in Australia (Melbourne), Hong Kong (Cultural Centre), South America (Uruguay), Russia (Moscow Cathedral, Khanty-Mansijsk Concert Hall), Iceland (Reykjavik), Israel (Jerusalem) and Europe (including performances at renowned festivals as Notre-Dame de Paris, Rome, Lucerne, Cathedrals of Dresden, Sevilla, Lausanne, Bordeaux, Dijon, Narbonne, Antwerp, Edinburgh, Helsinki, Turku, Oslo, Bergen), Axel Flierl made an excellent name for himself through TV-, radio- and several CD- recordings, as well as through numerous music publications.