Manfred BRANDSTETTER studied music in Stuttgart ; he was organist and choirmaster District Kirchheim / Teck.

In 1960 he was organist and choirmaster in Lübeck (North German city) where he is also a professor at the Organ School.

In 1964, Manfred BRANDSTETTER comes to Berlin where he was organist at St. Matthäus Church, and professor at the Conservatory.

Since 1967 he was organist and choirmaster of the Cathedral Marktkirche Hanover, and responsible for many religious music in Hanover, where he also teaches organ at the State Academy of Music and Theatre. Numerous trips led him to give recitals in Germany and abroad, where he also made radio recordings.