The Musician

  • 1968 Beginning of violin lessons
  • 1974 Beginning guitar and electric bass lessons
  • 1980 Participation as electric bass player in the musical section at the Braunschweig State Theater
  • 1981 Beginning of double bass lessons at the Hannover Music School
  • 1984-89 classical double bass studies at the Musikhochschule des Saarlandes with Andreas Huber, solo bassist at the Saarländisches Staatstheater Saarbrücken.
  • 1984-91 Double bass and electric bass player both in classical orchestras/ensembles of all musical genres (symphony concerts, chamber music, new music, opera, operetta and musicals), and in various jazz formations from duo to big band.
  • 1985 member of em'Tryo, a piano trio of the Saarbrücken pianist Christoph Mudrich; until 1991 numerous tours with the trio
  • 1987-93 Attended various jazz workshops in the USA, Spain, Austria and Germany (with Miroslav Vitous, Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams, Benny Wallace, Lee Konitz, Don Friedman, Larry Willis, Attila Zoller, Ron McClure, etc.)
  • 1989 successful completion of the course "Orchestral Music"
    1989 jazz debut album Rebop - "Answerin" with Peter Decker - saxophones, Christoph Mudrich - piano and Oliver Strauch - drums; until 1995 several tours with this band, among others also with Lee Konitz as guest musician
  • 1990 foundation of the piano trio >> "Quiet Now" in Freiburg; numerous tours with the trio
    since 1990 sideman in various jazz formations such as the "Wayne Shorter Project", Mike Schweizer Duo & Band, "Trio2Jazz", the orchestra "Palazzo Colombino"; collaboration with Klaus Krisch, Peter Perfido, Michael Heitzler, Shane Brady & Friends, the Jazz Choir Freiburg and many more
  • 1993 Recording of the CD Rebop - "To Duke"
    1993 Recording of the CD Christoph Mudrich Modern Concert Bigband - "Modern Times" feat. Bobby Shew
  • 1994 production of the CD Quiet Now - "Inside the waltz
  • 1995 Formation of the >> John Stowell Trio; numerous tours with the trio
    1995 Production of the CD John Stowell Trio - "Somewhere
  • 1995 Co-producer of the CD UP-ART I.G - "Juxtapositions
  • 1996 Foundation of the >> Florian Döling Sextet; numerous concerts with the sextet
    1996 Production of the CD Florian Döling Sextet - "Morning Sun
  • 1997 Production of the CD Florian Döling Sextett - "Live at the ZMF"
    1997 Recording of the CD Zeitwärts - "reime vor pisin" with Peter Kleindienst - guitars, Matthias Stich - bass clarinet, alto and sopranino saxophone, Mike Schweizer - tenor, soprano and sopranino saxophone, Christian Dierstein - percussion & marimba and Evelyn Lang - vocals
  • 1998 Production of the CD Quiet Now - "Memorial to Mark Bachschmidt" (live recording from Berlin).
  • 1999 production of the CD Kater Flo & die Mäuseshow - "Gespenster, Drachen und andere Kellergeheimnisse" (the "Miausical"; the book setting "Geschichten von der Maus für die Katz" by the Hamburg author Ursel Scheffeler); as conductor artistic overall direction of the 7 performances of the children's musical "Miausical - Gespenster, Drachen und andere Kellergeheimnisse" with approx. 100 children from 6-14 years of age
    Tent Music Festival Prize Winner of the Year 1999
  • 2001 production of the CD Zipflo Reinhardt Quartett with Zipflo Reinhardt - violin, Tilman Günther - piano & keyboards and Matthias Daneck - drums
  • 2002 Composition & development of the solo program "Wasserwelten - Klanginstallation und Improvisation" Premiere on 11.8.2002 in the Faulerbad
    2002 Collaboration with the Cuban Troubador Pablo Forcade. Making of all arrangements for this project.
    2002 Recording of the CD Kroko Tarap "17 new circus songs and 4 instrumental titles" by Ulrich Führe published by Fidula-Verlag
    2002 Recording of the CD Shane Brady "A light shines out to sea" (as guest musician)
  • 2003 Recording of the CD El Bohemio Cubano - Pablo Forcade, Trovador de Trinidad (Cuba) and Florian Döling, double bass; live recording of the duo concert in the SWR-Studio Freiburg from 13.09.2002 for the broadcast SWR 2 vor Mitternacht (Ostafel)
    2003 Production of the solo
     CD "Inside Watercolors"; concerts with the solo project among others at the Jazzfesrival Colmar
  • 2004 production of the CD >> Florian Döling Quartett - "Beam Me Up"; concerts with the quartett in various clubs and festivals
  • 2007 recording of the CD >> Mallets & Reeds - "Nightsongs", concerts with this band in various clubs & festivals
  • 2009 Conductor & overall artistic direction of the musical "Magic Shoes" with 3 performances and over 110 musicians, dancers and performers involved
  • 2012 Conductor & overall artistic direction of the musical "Keep Going" with 3 performances and over 110 musicians, dancers and performers involved.
  • 2014 Production of the CD "Conversation in Blue" - live recording of the duo "Mike Schweizer & Florian Döling, concerts with the duo in different clubs & festivals
  • 2016 Member of the band Ars Supernova, premiere in the concert series "Jazz am Schönberg", since then concerts in various clubs & festivals.
  • 2017 Recording of the CD >>"Reduce To The Max" with the Max Zentawer Trio, concerts in various clubs & festivals.
  • 2018 Production of the CD "New Horizons" - Live recording of the duo Michael Kiedaisch & Florian Döling
  • 2019 Production of several live videos of the duo Michael Kiedaisch & Florian Döling
  • 2020 Foundation of the label anflow records and production of the CD "Songs From The World For The World" by the duo Anke Ohnmacht-Döling & Florian Döling
  • 2020 Handover of the bass lecturer position of the Sulzbach Jazz Workshop to Dirk Kunz.
  • 2021 Production of the CD "Beethoven Reloaded - Happy Birthday Ludwig Van" by the duo Anke Ohnmacht-Döling & Florian Döling
  • 2021 Co-production of the CD "Wenn ich ein Vöglein wär" by the Peter Kleindienst Trio
  • 2021 Recording bass part for the song 2021 "alei lah" by Abdullah Alhussainy
  • 2021 Composition of the theme song for orchestra & band. For the Dream Worlds performance with 80 students* for the 55th anniversary of the CH Music School Binningen-Bottmingen.
  • 2022 Production of the CD "Keep The Beauty" with the ensemble More Than Four
  • 2022 Member of the Lucas Heidepriem Trio
  • 2023 Production of the CD "Rede vom Glück - Live" Duo Tilman Günther & Florian Döling