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Slide About Stephan Maass A Life for Rhythm and Sound Born in 1967 in Bad Homburg, Stephan Maass grew up in Bavaria, spent two decades in Vienna, and returned to Bavaria in 2012. As one of the most sought-after percussionists of his generation, he has contributed to over 700 recordings and numerous film productions for cinema and television.
His work has been honored with multiple gold and platinum awards, including the 2005 Amadeus Award for Best National Pop Production as the producer of Persönlich by Georg Danzer (together with Dieter Kolbeck). Musically, Maass moves across a wide spectrum—from jazz productions like Colin Towns’ Mask Orchestra (UK) and the NDR Big Band to Austrian pop icons such as Rainhard Fendrich, pop acts like Mousse T., and electronic projects such as Kruder & Dorfmeister. His unique style in world music has also led to collaborations with Michael Shrieve on the album Drums of Compassion (featuring Airto, Zakir Hussain, Jack DeJohnette, and more).
Maass has gained international recognition through his work with Grammy-winning producers and award-winning film composers. As a producer, he has worked for major labels such as Universal and Sony BMG. Additionally, he is a sought-after percussionist at drum clinics and festivals, including Superdrumming (2003, 2008, 2013), the Meinl Drum Festival (2006, 2008), and the Meinl Percussion Festival (2018), where he performed alongside Benny Greb, Ralf Gustke, and Jojo Mayer. Leading industry magazines like drums&percussion, sticks, and idrummag have featured extensive interviews with him.
Since 2007, Maass has held the position of Professor of Jazz Percussion at the Anton Bruckner Private University in Linz, offering workshops and masterclasses worldwide. Touring regularly since the early 1990s, he has performed across the globe. Under his maassmusic label, he develops musical and percussive concepts for theater, dance productions, and film scores, collaborating with renowned artists such as Terry Hands, former director of the Royal Shakespeare Company. His compositions have also been used in film productions by Universum Film, Formula 1, and Red Bull Media House.

From 2015 to 2024, Maass served on the advisory board for Austria’s national Podium jazz.pop.rock… competition as part of Musik der Jugend. Since December 2021, he has been the president of Percussion Creativ e.V., the largest German-speaking community for drummers and percussionists in Europe. In 2024, he was voted among the Top 5 in the World Percussion category by readers of the prestigious U.S. magazine Modern Drummer.

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Live & Studio
Michael Shrieve Ola Onabule Dominik Scherrer Rusanda Panfili Andres Recht Sterling Styles Mamadou Diabate Ströme Jost Nickel Tajdar Junaid LaBrassBanda Dzihan & Kamien Midge Ure Mousse T Filmorchester Babelsberg Goar B Colin Towns'Mask Orchestra
Wir Beaten Mehr Band (Xavier Naidoo, Jan Delay, Cassandra Steen, Max Herre, Joy Denalane, Sido, Kool Savas, Adel Tawil) NDR Bigband Blue Touch Paper Vienna Scientists Nils Landgren Geir Lysne Roisin Murphy Harold Faltermeyer Thomas D. Konstantin Wecker Harald Juhnke Udo Jürgens Gloria Gaynor
Act. (feat. Missy Elliott, Mary J. Blige, Jadakiss, Wyclef, Brandy, Jon B, Eve, Faith Evans, Ashanti.....) Peter Wolf Franz Benton EAV Rainhard Fendrich Austria 3 Georg Danzer Wolfgang Ambros Kruder&Dorfmeister Megablast & Makossa Count Basic Beat4Feet Pecoraro&Pecoraro Hangar 7 Sound Madita Jade Unique II Opus Semino Rossi Vusa Mkhaya Bayete Wolfgang Puschnig Nina Proll Karlheinz Hackl Tobias Moretti Terry Hands Kurt Ostbahn Claudio Roditti Dhafer Youssef Thomas Lang Harry Sokal Guy Barker Andy McKee Adam Nitti Jeff Coffin Mark Lettieri Derico Watson Philip Lassiter Peter King Alan Skidmore Tim Garland Matthew Garrison Hansi Lang Joesi Prokopetz Wiener Sängerknaben Gary Husband Ralph Salmins Gerald Veasley Jiri Stivin Alex Acuna Randy Brecker Jimmy Woody Ray Anderson Carlo Mombelli Alan Dargin Julio Barbosa Raoul de Souza JoJo Mayer Idris Muhammad Bob Mintzer Jim Pepper Wolfgang Haffner Vladislav Sendecki Etta Scollo Claudia Koreck Edward Maclean Hugo Strasser Brunner&Brunner........

Slide Colin Towns Stephan Maass has a mind of his own
- thank god - a master musician.
John Fordham 'The Guardian' The groove-galloping, gong-booming duet between percussionists Joji Hirota and Stephan Maass made The Royal Hunt of the Sun the show's tour de force..... drums & percussion Lord of the frequencies!
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Slide Endorsements I play Meinl Percussion Instruments and Cymbals since 1997. I use Beyerdynamic Microphones and Headphones since 2009. I use Meinl Stick & Brush since 2019. I use Cymbal Resonance System since 2019.

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