Jörn Hinnerk Andresen studied conducting, piano and harpsichord in Dresden and Amsterdam with Hans-Christoph Rademann, Siegfried Kurz and Daniel Reuss. After stations in Zwickau and Koblenz, he joined the Munich State Theater in 2008 as choral director and kapellmeister. From 2015 to 2019 he was choral director at the Semperoper Dresden, and with the Saxon State Opera Chorus he was nominated for an International Opera Award.