SARAH CONNOR / FILOU / HEAVYTONES
MAX KLAAS
MUSIC STYLE: Pop, Rock, Jazz, HipHop, Klassik
INSTRUMENT: Latin Percussion / REMO drumheads
WEBPAGE: www.maxklaas.de

MAX KLAAS

Max Klaas was born in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany in 1993. He began taking drumming lessons when he was six years old, but in 2005 he shifted to percussion and Rhani Krija became is teacher and music mentor. His first television performance was in German TV show called TV-TOTAL.

At the age of 14, Max had joined the WDR's Big Band for three concerts. In 2008, the youngest member of the National Jazz Orchestra was awarded the WDR Jazz prize. Many concerts followed, including tours in India, Iraq, Russia, Italy, England, Poland, Austria ...

In 2014 Max recorded for the German Hip Hop artist "Curse" and went on tour with the guitar duo "CARISMA" and joined Andrea Bocelli as supporting act on his tour.

In the same year. Max did recordings for Cairo Steps and the new album "Arabiskan" and became a member of the band. In the year 2018 the band was awarded the "German Jazz Award".

In 2016, Max began touring with German pop artist Sarah Connor. In the same year Max and the "Royal Street Orchestra" were awarded the world music prize "Ruth".

In December 2016, Max was on the cover of the German drum magazine "Sticks".

Max has appeared, toured and shared the stage with:

Sarah Connor, Heavytones (TVTOTAL), WDR Big Band, Curse, Mellow Mark, Henrik Freischlader, Quadro Nuevo, David Orlowsky Trio, Cairo Steps, Royal Street Orchestra.