Gina Ries, born in 1992, studied musicology in Saarbrücken and Cologne where she got her master in 2017.

Since age 7 she began with music, first flute, then baritone saxophone and bass clarinet. Beginning in her local music band she joined several orchestras as Bläserphilharmony Saar, Symphony Orchestra of the Saarland University and Konzertorchester Koblenz. She also works as orchestra inspector for the Philharmonic State Orchestra Mainz/Germany.