Thomas Reiner
was born in Ludwigsburg in 1969. At the age of twelve, he met Maurice André at a concert and decided there and then to learn the trumpet. Two of his most influential teachers at the conservatories in Würzburg, Leipzig and Weimar were Professors Helmut Erb and Uwe Komischke. Currently, Thomas Reiner is active worldwide as a soloist and university lecturer.

His brilliant and light tone in the high register predestines him for the performance of particularly exposed trumpet parts. His albums have been released on the Naxos label and these recordings have met with great international acclaim and excellent reviews. Radio stations such as SWR, BBC Radio and Radio New Zealand regularly broadcast his recordings. Thomas Reiner plays exclusively on trumpets made by the American manufacturer Schilke.

In 2011 he was honoured to be invited by the International Trumpet Guild as the only German trumpet player to the conference in Minneapolis to perform in front of professional audiences from all over the world. In 2013 he gave two concerts at the international VG Brass Festival in Zagreb.