Postgraduate studies at the University of Music Mozarteum with Professor Alois Brandhofer.

Active as substitute at the Vienna State Opera and with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra during his student years.
Temporary engagements as solo-clarinetist with the Berlin Philharmonic, the Deutschen Sinfonieorchester Berlin and the Gürzenich Orchestra, Cologne.

Regular appearances as guest soloist with the Camerata Salzburg.
Numerous solo activites with the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, the Stuttgart Philharmonic, the Philharmonic Orchestra in southern Westphalia, the Salzburg Chamber Orchestra, the Sinfonietta Shizuoka and the Sinfonietta da Camera Salzburg as well as at many international festivals such as the Salzburg Festival, Festival International de Galicia, Festival Mozart Nantes, Mozart Festival Kanizawa, European Concert Summer Aspach, and the International Salzkammergut Festival.

lntensive work with various chamber groups such as: Salzburg Solisten, Mozarteum Quartet Salzburg, Henschel Quartet Munich, Ensemble Octogon and many others. Founder of the chamber music ensemble "salzburg classical quintet" and "bassetto salzburg" (a bassett horn trio).

Chamber music appearances within the framework of the International Salzburg Mozart Week as well as with the Carinthian Summer, the Beethoven Festival in Bonn, the Palao de la musica, Barcelona, etc.

Concert tours in Japan, the USA, South America and in many European countries.
Jazz concerts with the Ensemble MO-Jazz and the Ferdinand Steiner Electric Band.

Solo CD recordings featuring Ferdinand Steiner available under the labels "Classic Concert Records" (www.classicconcert.com) and "extraplatte" (www.extraplatte.com).