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Born March 7th 1982

Instruments: Tenor, Soprano, Alto Saxophone, Flute, EWI (electronic woodwind instrument), piano

Studies:

From 1990-2004 basic studies in several music schools in Luxembourg Luxembourg ( école de musique d'Echternach, Consevatoire du Nord & Conservatoire de la Ville de Luxembourg).
High school studies :
2003-2004 Conservatoire National de Région in Strasbourg & CEDIM de Strasbourg with Roby Glod, Philippe Aubry, Michael Alizon & Bernard Struber a.o.
2004-2005 Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles with Steve Houben, Jean-Louis Rassinfosse & Guy Cabay a.o.
2005- … Musikhochschule Köln with Wolfgang Engstfeld, Frank Reinshagen, Joachim Ullrich a.o.

Masterclasses with Claudio Fasoli, Bob Mintzer, Phil Abraham, Didier Lockwood…a.o.

Bands:

- Maxime Bender « Cologne » Group
(personnel : Riaz Khabipour -gt. Makus Braun-b. Silvio Morger .drs. + Sebastian Sternal -p. Jens Böckamp-sax. Kathrin Scheer -voc. guest David Binney)
- Maxime Bender 4-tet
(personnel: Sebastian Sternal p. Markus Braun -b. Silvio Morger -drs.)
-PRBH 4-tet
(personnel: Laurent Payfert -b. Sergio Rodrigues-p. Frank Hemmerlé-drs.)
-The Teachers:
(personnel: Riaz Khabirpour-gt. George Letellier -p. Marc Demuth -b. Boris Dinev -drs.)
-Collectiv:
(personnel:Pascal Schumacher -vb. Marc Demuth –b. Jeff Herr-drs. )
- The 3 Tenors :
(personnel: Jitz Jeitz -ts. Laurent Pierre -ts . Claude Schaus -p. Boris Schmidt -b. Mich Mootz -drs. )

Recordings:

As a leader :
- Maxime Bender 4tet (January 2006) (see Media for extracts)
- Maxime Bender 4tet demo / unreleased (February 2004)
As a sideman:
- Benoît Martiny Group “Jazz goes garage” WPR (December 2004)
- Bigband du Conservatoire de musique de Luxembourg
- Bigband EME
Recordings for radio, television & film (see Media for extracts)