Maximilian Marcoll (b. 1981 in Lübeck, Germany) is a composer and performer. His artistic work spans instrumental, electronic, and media-based forms. He studied percussion, instrumental and electronic composition in Lübeck and Essen. Since 2021 he works as professor for electroacoustic composition and sound art at the University of Music Franz Liszt and the Bauhaus University in Weimar. His music often turns its gaze to the political and societal potential of music and sound and to media-reflective strategies in composition.

His projects include the Amproprifications, a long-term series that layers new amplification structures on top of existing works by other composers; NUT | LAC, a growing series of intensely physical pieces built from pulse shifts that evolve almost imperceptibly; monodic electronic canons, where multiple performers jointly control a single oscillator, producing evolving complexity and exploring collective control; and Control Issues, a playful series for motorised faders that transforms control devices into performers in their own right.

Marcoll’s works have been performed by ensembles such as Ensemble Mosaik, Neue Vocalsolisten, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra and presented at various venues including the Philharmonie Luxembourg, Akademie der Künste and Berghain (Berlin), Gare du Nord (Basel), as well as at international festivals including CTM Festival (Berlin) and Music Currents (Dublin). He lives in Berlin and Weimar.