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

Education
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,. He is currently studying the organ under Martin Schmeding and at the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig.

Career
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.

Selected awards

 * 2012 and 2015 - Jugend musiziert
 * 2016 - Internationaler Bach Wettbewerb Leipzig: Special Prize for the youngest participant
 * 2017 - : Organist of the Year 2016
 * 2017 - Northern Ireland International Organ Competition 2017, First Prize
 * 2018 - : 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

Selected discography

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