Tino Plener

Tino Plener was born in Schönebeck/Elbe and began studying the clarinet at the age of 10. He studied with Martin Spangenberg at the University of Music in Weimar and with Johannes Peitz in Hanover. He was a member of the orchestral academy of the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival and of the European Union Youth Orchestra (EUYO).

At the age of 22, he received his first professional engagement as Associate Principal Clarinetist with the Philharmonic State Orchestra in Halle. He later performed with various ensembles, including the Magdeburg Philharmonic, the NDR Radio Philharmonic in Hanover, the Konzerthaus Orchestra Berlin, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.

Tino Plener has been a member of the Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne since September 2013.