Born in Dülken, Kluth studied church music at the Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf.
His teachers were Jürg Baur, Hans-Dieter Möller, Heinz Bernhard Orlinski, Friedemann Gottschick and Alberte Brun.
He attended master class in choral and orchestral conducting for historical performance practice with Hermann Max.
During his studies Kluth worked part-time as assistant organist at the Basilica of St. Vitus, Mönchengladbach with Viktor Scholz.
From 1989 to 2001, Kluth was cantor at the church of St. Antonius in the Düsseldorf district of Friedrichstadt.