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Michael Martin Kofler

  • Born 1966 in Villach, Austria
  • First flute lessons at the age of 10.
  • First concert at the music school playing two sonatas of the C Major Bach sonata makes him want to play for an audience regularly.
  • At 15 lessons at the conservatory in Klagenfurt
  • Decision to become an flutist at the age of 16, after attending a concert of Jean-Pierre Rampal
  • 1983 second award at the competition Concertino Praga
  • 1983 and 1985 first prizes at an austrian youth competition.
  • Studies to become music teacher in Vienna with Prof. Tripp
  • In addition studies of law
  • After a concert in Klagenfurt first lessons with Nicolet
  • In Vienna change to the flute class of Wolfgang Schulz
  • Second instrument at university is voice.
  • 1986 third prize at the Kuhlau competition.
  • 1987 first award at the Mercadante competition.
  • 1987 solo flutist of the Gustav Mahler orchestra, conductor: Claudio Abbado
  • At 21 solo flutist of the Munich philharmonics
  • 1989 start of continued studies with Peter-Lukas Graf in Basel
  • At the same time professor at the Salzburg Mozarteum
  • 1990 second award at the international ARD competition.
Last update: 17.02.2010