Axel Marian Eichhorn was born in Mannheim in 1969. After training as a ‘'C-level’' church musician in the Diocese of Freiburg (B. Fröhlich), he studied church music (A) in Frankfurt under R. Menger, H.-W. Zimmermann, W. Toll, G.-Chr. Biller, M. Breitschaft, and voice (tenor and countertenor) under L. Fawcett and M. Bohacova. Since 1996, he has been regional cantor in the Diocese of Osnabrück, based at St. Vincentius, Bersenbrück. Since 2025, he has been based at St. Bonifatius, Lingen/Ems.