In 1947, Patrick Strub was born into a family of musicians. He initially studied musicology and psychology in Munich and subsequently violin in Hamburg and Rome. In addition to this he followed the conducting classes of Wilhelm Brückner-Rüggeberg in Hamburg and later of Franco Ferrara in Siena, where Strub was awardd the diploma at the International Conductors Course as an outstanding artist. Strub focuses especially on the encouragement of young musicians. He is extremely active in the international world of music.