Axel Brüggemann was born in 1971 in Bremen / Germany. He studied History, Art History and Music at University Freiburg. Afterwards he worked for several years as a free lance journalist and published in numerous international quality papers before he became a member of the editorial staff at Welt am Sonntag in Berlin. There he worked as music editor and later he also became text editor. Since 2004 he has worked as a freelance writer and later as chief editor of the music magazine crescendo and of www.myclassicworld.com. Today he runs www.operatext.com consulting and producing high quality media products. For his production of ‘Der Kleine Hörsaal’ [The Small Auditorium] he was awarded with the prestigious ECHO award.