Josef Ernst Köpplinger was born 1964 in Lower Austria. He studied at the Hochschule für Musik und darstellender Kunst in Vienna as well as in New York, London and Paris.

Josef Ernst Köpplinger: 1988 - in addition to his education in piano, acting and singing in Vienna, he already became director at Marietheres List at the Städtischen Bühnen Regensburg.