Biography of Michael Martin Kofler (*1966)

Born in Villach

First flute lessons

Lessons at the Klagenfurt conservatory

Visiting a concert of Jean-Pierre Rampals leads to the decision to become a professional flutist

Second price at the competition Concertino Praga and winning of the Austrian competition Jugend musiziert

Winning Jugend musziert a second time

Studies of music teaching with Tripp, in paralles legal studies

Lessons from Nicolet

Change of his teacher in Vienna, now studying with Wolfgang Schulz, second topic singing.

Third price at the Kuhlau competition

First price at the Mercadante competition and solo flutist of the Gustav Mahler orchestra with Abbado, after that solo flutist for the Munich Philharmonics

Build-up studies with Peter-Lukas Graf in Basel, at the same time professorship at the Salzburg Mozarteum

Second price at the ARD competition in Munich