David Paulig (*Limburg an der Lahn) studied music and geography in Cologne at the Gymnasiumlehramt level. Subsequently, he studied composition with Tilmann Claus, aural education with Friedrich Jaecker, and instrumental pedagogy of the recorder with Ursula Schmidt-Laukamp at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz (HfMT) Cologne. He completed his diploma studies in 2011. Between April 2012 and October 2014, he held teaching positions for composition, aural education, and analysis at the Evangelische Kirchenmusikhochschule Herford and at the music academies in Detmold, Hannover, and Karlsruhe.