Alfred Böhm studied bassoon in Munich with Rainer Seidel, Karl Kolbinger and Achim von Lorne. Prior to that, Böhm was a member of the Bavarian State Youth Orchestra. He then completed various temporary appointments with orchestras before joining the Braunschweig State Orchestra in 1984 via the Niederrheinische Sinfoniker. Böhm also actively performs chamber music as a bassoonist and contrabassoonist.