24 July 1959 in Limburg an der Lahn) is a German catholic church musician, school musician, singer, cathedral kapellmeister and professor for choral conducting in Cologne.
After his schooling, which ended in 1979 with the Abitur at the Fürst-Johann-Ludwig-Schule [de] in Hadamar, he studied school music, German studies and singing in Cologne and later continued his studies in choral conducting at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main with Uwe Gronostay.
Responsible for the conception of the Cologne Cathedral Music, he expanded the "Musikschule des Kölner Domchores" and founded the concert series "Geistliche Musik am Dreikönigsschrein" in 1991.
In addition, Metternich led the collegium vocale limburg until the mid-1990s.
[2] Since 1993, Metternich has been a lecturer for choral conducting at the Hochschule für Musik Köln.