Ulf Wellner holds degrees in church music from the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Leipzig, and in historical musicology for his doctoral dissertation on the title prints of Michael Praetorius’ publications. Acting music director of Leipzig University 2004-2005 and Kantor of St. Jakobi in Lübeck 2009-2013, he is now Kantor of St. Martini in Minden.