Max Santner, Mankai
Biography Max Santner, Mankai
Max Santner
born in Salzburg in 1991, is a Berlin based drummer, improviser and composer. Current projects and collaborations are Keao, Mankai, Beatdenker’s Sinularia, Magnetic Ghost Orchestra, Été Large, Holler My Dear, KIM Collective.
He is performing all over Europe and at Festivals like Jazz Fest Berlin, XJAZZ Festival, Überjazz Festival, Moers Festival, Jazzwerkstattfestival Bern, Südtirol Jazzfestival, Leipziger Jazztage, Jazz Kollektiv Nights, Jazz And The City Festival, Mama Jazz Festival Vilnius, BeJazz TransNational.
Max Santner studied Drums at the Jazz Institute Berlin from 2010-2014 with John Hollenbeck. In that context he had also lessons with Kurt Rosenwinkel and Greg Cohen. He is a founding member of KIM Collective, which organizes a Festival for improvised music in Berlin once a year. Furthermore KIM is doing art across concerts, performances and installations.
In 2008 he received the Austrian Jazz Award Joe Zawinul Price and in 2016 he got the Austrian Scholarship BKA Austria for Art and Culture. In 2018 he won the BeJazz TransNational Price with his band HUM.
