Maximilian Schnaus

Born in 1986 in Bad Neustadt / Saale in Lower Franconia, composer and organist Maximilian Schnaus studied church music and organ in Hanover and Amsterdam before continuing his studies at the University of the Arts in Berlin. During his studies he won the Paul Hindemith Prize of the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival. This was followed in 2015 by the 1st prize of the international organ competition at the Bern Minster and in 2016 by the first-ever artist-in-residence scholarship award in the field of composition from the Foundation Art and Music for Dresden. He is currently active as organist at the Sophienkirche in Berlin.