He attended the special school for music education in Zwickau and studied musicology, journalism and philosophy in Leipzig, Graz and Halle (Saale).
Afterwards, he worked as a freelance journalist and music critic as well as church musician - he wrote for daily newspapers and professional journals, such as the Neue Musikzeitung.
Kunze was an editor and later editorial director of the Döbelner Allgemeine Zeitung - Leipziger Volkszeitung.
This was followed by a position as personal assistant to the Saxon CDU member of the European Parliament Lutz Goepel.
[2] Kunze gained media recognition when he appeared in the satirical programme Extra3 and a TV report was dedicated to him.