Michael Martin Kofler was born in 1966 in Villach/Austria and received his musical education first in his home country and later at the "Academy of Music" in Vienna with Prof. Wolfgang Schulz and Prof.

In 1987 Michael Martin Kofler became principal flutist of the Gustav-Mahler-Youth-Orchestra under the leadership of Claudio Abbado, in December 1987 he got the same position as first principal flutist