Michael Müller was born in Gunzburg at the Donau. His father came from Transsylvania and his mother from Austria. He studied cello at the Musikhochschule München and the Universität der Künste in Berlin, participating in masterclasses with Boris Pergamenschikof, David Geringas and Heinrich Schiff. From 1987 until 1995 he was solo cellist of the Deutche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Between 1993 an 2013 he was solo cellist of the Radio Kamerorkest and after that in the same position in trhe Radio Philharmonic Orkest in Hilversum



He trained as a chamber musician with Walter Levin (Lasalle Quartet), Amadeus Quartet in Cologne and with Sándor Végh in Salzburg. From 1998 until 2012 he was the cellist of the Párkányí Quartet (formerly the Orlando Quartet). In 2014 he became a member of the ensemble Ludwig. From autumn 2019 he is a member of the Ruysdael Quartet.

Michael Müller regularly appears as a chamber musician at many European festivals (Edinburgh Festival, Holland Festival, Salzbuerger Festpsiele, Aldeburgh Festival). He recorded cello concertos by H. Andriessen, Gergi Minchev and Henk Badings.

He plays on a cello by Januarius Gagliano (Napoli, 1734), made available by the Dutch National Instrument Foundation.