Michael Martin Kofler was born in Villach, Austria in 1966 和 obtained a Flute Performance degree with distinction at the Vienna Musikhochschule under Werner Tripp 和 Wolfgang Schulz, as well as studying with Peter-Lukas Graf at the Basel Music Academy.
In 1987 Sergiu Celibidache invited him to join the Münchner Philharmoniker as Principal Flute.
He has been honored with many prizes at competitions (ARD, 布鲁塞尔, 布拉格, among others) 和 was also the recipient of Cultural Endowment Prizes awarded by the Münchner Konzertgesellschaft 和 by the Austrian state of Carinthia, as well as receiving an honorary prize from the Austrian Ministry of Science 和 the Cultural Prize of his native city of Villach.
Since 1983 Michael Martin Kofler has performed concertos, recitals 和 chamber music as a flute soloist throughout the world 和 has also been featured as a soloist 和 chamber ensemble member on DVD, CD 和 in recordings for radio 和 television. He regularly performs as a soloist with renowned orchestras such as the Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, the Australian Chamber Orchestra, the Budapest Strings, the Vienna 和 Munich Chamber Orchestra, 和 the Philharmonic 和 Symphony Orchestras of Munich, 布拉格, 莫斯科, 东京, Tel Aviv 和 Warsaw.
He has performed as a soloist with conductors such as James Levine, 马泽尔, Sir Neville Marriner, 法比奥Luisi, Herbert Blomstedt, Frans Bruggen, Ton Koopman 和 Jonathan Nott.
His chamber music partners have included Paul Badura-Skoda, 欧文计, Stefan Vladar, Stephan Kiefer, Konrad Ragossnig, Xavier de Maistre, 雷吉娜Kofler, Martin Spangenberg, Benjamin Schmid, Clemens 和 Veronika Hagen as well as the M和elring Quartet 和 the Mozart Quartett Salzburg.
自1989年以来, as a professor at the Mozarteum Salzburg Michael Martin Kofler has worked with considerable success with a solo performance master class, 和 has been invited to important international competitions as a jury member, as well as to teach master classes in Europe, Asia 和 America.
