Maximilian Marcoll was born in Lübeck in 1981. At the academy of music in Lübeck he studied percussion from 1992 – 97, composition from 1997 to 2001 with F. Döhl and D. Reith. From 2001 to 2006 he studied composition in Essen with T. Neuhaus, D. Hahne and G. Steinke. Masterclasses with L. Berio et al. 1999 he founded the ensemble for contemporary music in Lübeck and was its leader until 2001. In 2002 Marcoll started to do laptop improvisation performances and to develop software. Also in 2002 he founded the electronics-duo dis.playce with H. Seidl. Since 2005 the works of dis.playce are released by the german label NAIVSUPER. He got a folkwang promotion reward in 2005 and the Franz-Liszt-Förderpreis, Weimar 2006. Since 2007 he teaches at the Institute for Music And Media of the Robert Schumann Hochschule in Düsseldorf and at the Musikschule Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg. Maximilian Marcoll lives in Berlin.