Max Engel studied cello in Innsbruck and Saarbrücken with Walter Kurz and Maurice Gendron. A member of a family with rich musical traditions, he had contact with many instruments since early childhood. As a Baroque-cellist he has performed with such renowned ensembles as Collegium Aureum, Divertimento Salzburg, the Salzburg Baroque Ensemble, Il Giardino armonico and Ensemble Baroque de Limoges. He has been a member of the Vienna-based Concentus Musicus led by Nikolaus Harnoncourt for over ten years now. He is also active as a teacher at the Department of Music Education in Innsbruck (Mozarteum Salzburg), previously serving as professor of cello at the Tyrolean State Conservatory in Innsbruck. He has made numerous recordings of contemporary music for orf-Tirol on the modern cello. He plays the baryton in the piece by Klaus Huber. He also arranged the viola part for the baryton in Younghi Pagh-Paan’s Noch especially for the Warsaw Autumn Festival.