Felix Diergarten obtained diplomas in conducting and music theory in Dresden, where he studied with Ludwig Holtmeier and Clemens Kühn and went on to study “Theorie der Alten Musik” at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis with Markus Jans. He was active as repetiteur, assistant-conductor and conductor at various theatres, including the Nederlandse Opera Amsterdam and the Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden. He received scholarships from “Cusanuswerk” and the “Richard-Wagner-Verband” and holds a Dr.phil. in Music Theory from the Dresden Hochschule für Musik "Carl Maria von Weber”. Since 2009 he has been teaching “Satzlehre” and “Theorie der Alten Musik” (music theory, history of theory and analysis) in Basel.  He was Guest Faculty Member of the International Orpheus Academy for Music & Theory 2013 at the Orpheus Instituut in Gent (Belgium). At the University of Würzburg he is currently writing his Habilitation thesis on French fourteenth-century song.