Rudolf Döbler - Assistant Principal Flute

Play – communicate – inspire. Rudolf Döbler pursues these goals as a musician, lecturer, presenter and music educator.

Rudolf Döbler was born in Achern (Ortenau) in 1966. He studied with William Bennett and John Wright at the music academies in Freiburg and Karlsruhe. He also attended master classes with Alain Marion, Michel Debost, James Galway, André Jaunet, Geoffrey Gilbert and Robert Dick. His first engagements took him to the philharmonic orchestras in Dessau and Hagen as principal flute.

Since 1993 he has been deputy principal flute with the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin (RSB). Parallel to his orchestral activities, he was a member of the ensemble musikFabrik NRW, one of the leading German ensembles for contemporary music, from 1995 to 1997. He is a member of the “14 Berliner Flötisten” and the ensemble 7211.

Together with the Dutch flautist Robert Pot, Rudolf Döbler has been teaching advanced amateurs and professionals in master classes since 2002. He has been artistic director of the QUERWIND Flute Days Staufen since 2009.

Rudolf Döbler has been passionate about inspiring people for music ever since he has been on stage. His carefully chosen presentations of his own chamber concerts, his experience as a children’s concert presenter and his commitment as a school representative of the RSB are evidence of this. Since 2005, he has been coordinating, organizing and designing workshops and rehearsal visits for Berlin schools and kindergartens