The musician

• 1968 Beginning of violin lessons
• 1974 Beginning of guitar and e-bass lessons
• 1980 Participation as electric bassist in the Musical section of the Staatstheater Braunschweig
• 1981 Beginning of double bass lessons at the Music School Hannover
• 1984-89 classical double bass study at the Musikhochschule des Saarlandes with Andreas Huber, solo bassist at the Saarländisches Staatstheater Saarbrücken.
• 1984-91 double bass player and electric bassist both in classical orchestras / ensembles of all music genres (symphony concerts, chamber music, new music, opera, operetta and musicals), as well as 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 visit of various jazz workshops in USA, Spain, Austria and Germany (among others Miroslav Vitous, Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams, Benny Wallace, Lee Konitz, Don Friedman, Larry Willis, Attila Zoller, Ron McClure and others)
• 1989 successful exam "Orchestermusic"
• 1989 Jazz debut album Rebop - "Answerin" with Peter Decker - saxophones, Christoph Mudrich - piano and Oliver Strauch - drums; until 1995 several tours with this band, including Lee Konitz as a guest musician
• 1990 foundation of the piano trio >> "Quiet Now" in Freiburg; numerous tours with the trio
• from 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 Big Band - "Modern Times" feat. Bobby Shew
• 1994 Production of the CD Quiet Now - "Inside the waltz"
• 1995 founded 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 founding of the >> Florian Döling Sextett; numerous concerts with the sextet
• 1996 Production of the CD Florian Döling Sextett - "Morning Sun"
• 1997 Production of the CD Florian Döling Sextett - "Live at the ZMF"
• 1997 recording of the CD Zeitwärts - "rhymes before 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 - Vocal
• 1998 Production of the Quiet Now CD - "Memorial to Mark Bachschmidt" (live recording from Berlin).
• 1999 production of the CD "Kater Flo & die Mäuseshow - "Gespenster Drachen und andere Kellergeheimnisse" (Musical-Show title "Miausical", after child-book "stories of the mouse for the cat" of the Hamburg author Ursel Scheffeler); as conductor & artistic director of the 7 performances of the children's musical "Miausical - Gespenster Drachen und andere Kellergeheimnisse" with about 100 children of 6-14 years
• 1999 Zelt-Musik-Festival prize winner
• 2001 Production of the CD Zipflo Reinhardt Quartet 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. Create 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 a guest musician)
• 2003 recording of CD El Bohemio Cubano - Pablo Forcade, Trovador de Trinidad (Cuba) and Florian Döling, double bass; Live recording of the duo-concert in SWR-Studio Freiburg from 13.09.2002 for the broadcast SWR 2 before midnight (Ostafel)
• 2003 Production of the solo CD "Inside Watercolors"; Concerts with the solo project among others at the Jazz Festival Colmar
• 2004 Production of the CD >> Florian Döling Quartet - "Beam Me Up"; Concerts with the quartet in various clubs and festivals
• 2007 Recording of the CD >> Mallets & Reeds - "Nightsongs", concerts with this band in different clubs & festivals
• 2009 Conductor and artistic director of the musical "Magic Shoes" with 3 performances and over 110 participating musicians, dancers and performers
• 2012 Conductor and artistic director of the musical "Keep Going" with 3 performances and over 110 participating musicians, dancers and performers
• 2014 Production of the CD "Conversation in Blue" - live recording of the duo "Mike Schweizer & Florian Döling, concerts with the duo in various clubs & festivals
• 2016 Member of the band Ars Supernova, premiere in the concert series "Jazz am Schoenberg", since then concerts in various bands
• 2017 Recording of the CD "Reduce to the Max" - Max Zentawer Trio with Max Zentawer - Guitar and Matthias Daneck - Drums
• 2018 Production of the CD "New Horizons" - Live recording of the Duo Michael Kiedaisch & Florian Döling