Hans-Dieter Karras (born 1 November 1959[1]) is a German church musician, composer and organist.
Born in Jena, Karras began his organ studies with Karl Frotscher and Herbert Collum in Dresden.
He then studied composition and orchestral conducting (with Manfred Weiss, Karl-Rudi Griesbach and Siegfried Kurz) at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber in Dresden.
After moving to the Federal Republic of Germany in 1978 he studied church music at the Hochschule für Kirchenmusik der Evangelischen Kirche von Westfalen [de], where he passed his exams in 1983.
Karras has given concerts in most European countries, Russia, North and South America, West Africa and Oceania.