Matitjahu Kellig was born in Schwäbisch Hall, Germany, in 1949 and studied at the music academies in Stuttgart and Munich. His principal teachers were Prof. Maria Landes-Hindemith and Prof. Giesen (song accompaniment).
The instruction he received in master classes led by Géza Anda, Claudio Arrau andTatjana Nikolajewa also contributed significantly to his artistic formation.
He completed his studies with his concert examination in 1976 and was appointedlecturer in piano and chamber music at the University of Frankfurt two years later. Kellig also taught at the Frankfurt Academy of Music and held a visiting professorship in Taiwan.
He has held the post of Professor of piano at the Academy of Music in Detmold since1992 and 2007 he became Dean of the Departement 2. He has led numerous piano courses, including a course on Mozarts piano sonatas in Indonesia, a Schumann Interpretation course together with Michel Béroff in Germany and master classes in China, Malaysia, Cyprus, Vietnam, Taiwan, Argentine, Greece, Italy and Israel.
Kellig's many radio and television productions in Germany and abroad have includedrecordings for Radio Cyprus, Philippine, Indonesian, Danish, Israeli, Hessian Radio andthe ZDF German television network.
Kellig has performed in piano recitals and as a solist with orchestras such as the MetroManila Symphony Orchestra, Stuttgart Philharmonic, Taipei Symphony Orchestra, Madras Chamber Orchestra, Jakarta Radio Orchestra and Israel Kibbutz Chamber Orchestra. He is also a much-sought-after chamber musician and song accompanist and takes on the double role conductor/pianist in orchestral concerts.
He is the artistic leader ship of the Toblach/Italy Interpretation Classes.