Thomas Müller-Pering was born in Cologne in 1958 and received his first training on the guitar at the age of twelve. He studied at the Music Academy of Aachen under the tutelage of Prof. Tadashi Sasaki and graduated in 1980 with an Honours Certificate of the Arts.

During this time he also participated in numerous international masterclasses with such luminaries as Siegfried Behrend, José Tomas, Oscar Ghiglia and John Williams.

	1982 'International Music Competition of the ARD' in Munich
	1983 first prize 'Concurso Internacional de Música' 1983 in Viña del Mar, Chile
	1983 'Young Artist's Award 1983' from Nordrhein-Westfalen in Germany.

Thomas Müller-Pering has toured as a soloist in numerous countries throughout Europe, North and South America. In Japan he released two solo-CDs and in 1988 became one of the first classical guitarist to produce a 60-minute video recital.

He is actively involved in various chamber ensembles with the flutists Wally Hase, Rebecca Montoya and Michael Faust, violinist Alexis Vincent, percussionist Ansgar Buchholz (vibraphone & marimba) and the mandolinist Caterina Lichtenberg.

In 1991 he recorded a DUO CD with MANUEL BARRUECO the 'Danzas Españolas' by Enrique Granados for EMI label.

Mr. Müller-Pering has been teaching at the Aachen Academy of Music since 1980 and in 1997 was appointed as professor at the guitar faculty of the 'Franz Liszt' Academy in Weimar, Germany.

He is frequently invited as a guest lecturer to courses, seminars, congresses and as jury member for competitions in and outside of Germany.

	Gendai Guitar (Tokio): Die C-Dur Sonate von Johann Sebastian Bach (BWV 1005) zählte in ihrer Klarheit und strukturellen Durchsichtigkeit ebenso zu den einmaligen Highlights seines Recitals wie die drei Capricci aus op. 1 von Niccolò Paganini, dargeboten mit geradezu diabolischer Spielfreude und Brillanz - ein Gitarrist mit außergewöhnlichen Qualitäten.
	The Indianapolis Star: Nur ein großer Künstler verfügt über die Fähigkeit bei derart diszipliniertem Spiel noch Raum für Spontaneität zu schaffen... was denn auch jene Würze und Flair für die Werke von Agustín Barrios oder Müller-Perings eigene Bearbeitungen der ‘Piezas Características‘ op. 92 von Isaac Albeníz beisteuerte...
	Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung: Fragiler Klangzauber begeistert Publikum - Thomas Müller-Pering, einer der glaubwürdigsten Künstler auf internationalem Parkett ..., zeigte sich als technischer Perfektionist mit einer äußerst kultivierten Spielweise.