Michael-Christfried Winkler (born 18 March 1946) is a German organist, conductor and academic teacher.
Born in Zorbau near Weißenfels, Winkler studied Protestant church music with a focus on the organ in Halle, Leipzig and Prague.
Winkler taught at the Hochschule für Kirchenmusik Dresden [de], at the musicological institute of the Technical University of Dresden and until his retirement in June 2001 at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber.
[1] In 1994 Winkler was awarded the Kunstpreis der Landeshauptstadt Dresden [de].
Über Winkler-Aufführungen des Dresdner Kreuzchores, in Matthias Herrmann (ed.