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Max Andrzejewski
Max Andrzejewski (b. 1986) is a composer and improvising drummer who lives in Berlin.
His energetic musical work finds itself on the border between contemporary classical music and improvisation. The “maverick esthete” (Süddeutsche Zeitung) Andrzejewski studied drums at the MHS Cologne and the UdK Berlin and, parallel to his work as a drummer, developed into a sought-after composer.
He has received composition commissions from the Acht Brücken Festival Cologne, the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, the Beethovenfest Bonn, the Ensemble Resonanz Hamburg, the Podium Festival Esslingen, the Kamermusikfestival Regensburg, the Orchester im Treppenhaus, the Berliner Ensemble, the aDevantgarde Festival Munich, the Thalia Theater Hamburg, the Munich Kammerspiele, the Theater Basel, the Maxim Gorki Theater Berlin and many more.
With his own band Max Andrzejewski's Hütte he released five albums, two of which featured a guest vocal ensemble, and won the Neuer Deutscher Jazzpreis in 2013. His other own projects include the expressive duo TRAINING and the chamber music ensemble Stemeseder / Andrzejewski light / tied.
Concert tours took Andrzejewski to Azerbaijan, Israel, Russia, Cuba, USA, Serbia, Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Mexico, Czech Republic, Portugal, Italy, Netherlands, Egypt, Austria, Serbia, Switzerland, Poland, Qatar. His music has appeared on numerous albums on a wide variety of labels.
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