"The Jimi Hendrix of the hammered dulcimer."
– NPR

"Heady and a sight to behold."
– Time Out NY

After hearing the hammered dulcimer at a Chicago area folk festival at the age of six, Max ZT was hooked. He studied under Kat Eggleston for ten years before venturing to Bard College in upstate New York. Several years in to his college studies, Max travelled to Senegal, West Africa, to study the Mandinko technique with the Cissoko griot family. He has returned for a total of three trips to Senegal.

Max now resides and works in Brooklyn, New York. He has put out four disks with each being quite different from the other. He has won the National Hammered Dulcimer Championship and works with scores of national and international artists. He has shared the stage with such luminaries as Bon Jovi, Jimmy Cliff, KODO, and Ravi Shankar.

In the winter of 2009, Max will begin the first leg of his nine month grant in Mumbai, India. This grant, made possible by the American Institute of India Studies, will allow Max to study the Indian form of the dulcimer - the santoor - with master Pandit Shivkumar Sharma.

You can contact Max directly at yes.max@gmail.com for booking inquiries or any general questions/comments.