KMD Christian Finke
Christian Finke, born in 1958, studied church music at the University of the Arts in Berlin. He has been Director of Music at the Dreifaltigkeitsgemeinde in Berlin-Lankwitz since 1985 and Director of Music for the Steglitz district since 2001. Finke was a founding member of the ensemble "Cantori d'Orfeo" and initiated the "Lankwitzer Chortage" as well as the series "Neue Aspekte für die Kirchenmusik" with commissioned compositions and world premieres. As a lecturer at the Universi-ty of the Arts in Berlin, Finke has taught young church musicians for over 35 years. In 2006 he was awarded the title of Church Music Director, and in 2012 the Geschwister Mendelssohn Medal for services to choral life in the German capital. In an honorary capacity, Finke is President of the Chorverband in der Evangelischen Kirche in Deutschland e.V. (CEK), which represents some 360,000 singers in nearly 20,000 Protestant church choirs. He is also Chairman of the choir division and Vice President of the German Amateur Choir and Orchestra Association (BMCO). At the German Music Council, Finke is a member of the Executive Committee and several other committees, including the Corona Studies Working Group and the Advisory Board of the German Youth Choir.
