Maximilian Hering, born 1994 in Wiesbaden, is a musician (mainly drums) and composer based in Cologne, Germany.

Maximilian has been playing the drums for most of his life: he got his first drum set at the age of 4 and took formal lessons since he was five. His teachers were Bernd Bott, Ralf Schumacher, Jan Zelinka, Georg Boeßner (piano), Simon Zimbardo, Sebastian W. Wagner (piano), René Creemers, Etienne Nillesen, David Xirgu and many more.
In 2019, he graduated at ArtEZ Conservatory in Arnhem with a Bachelor of Music degree.

On his musical path, Maximilian has worked with a wide variety of bands. In addition to a vast number of concerts all around Central Europe, he took part in about 30 album / EP productions (Universal, Double Moon, Unit Records, UBM Records, Klangraum Records) and appeared on TV and Radio. With the Federal Youth Jazz Orchestra Phoenix Foundation he toured South Korea.
Currently he plays with the bands Engel Trio, Sol Jang Trio, Sara Bax, Haberecht 4, MAR.CO and the new hot, just to name a few.

Maximilian leads and composes for Red Hering, Maximilian Hering Group and The Foaming Waves, but also for motion picture, like the short film Feindesland (2016) by Christine Wetzel and El Hamdu Lillah (2018) by Jonathan Kaiser. Furthermore, he regularly cooperates with the film music studio and record label Klangraum. In 2022 he released his first album Nostalgia and later the EP Max Hering & The Foaming Waves. In October 2024, Red Hering debuted on the Jazz Thing Next Generation series with the album Butter bei die Fische.
In January 2026, his new album The Gathering feat. Lucia Fumero released on Klangraum Records.

Maximilian explores the possibilities of working interdisciplinary and is passionate about the combination of dance with drums and sounds. Since 2021 he collaborates with dancers/choreographers Sabrina Gargano and Rafa Jagat (Elelei Company), lately in their new creation Too Much.