Born in Augsburg in 1986, received his first cello lessons at the age of eight. His teachers were Eldar Issakadze, Thomas Grossenbacher and David Geringas. After winning the German Music Competition in 2005, he won first prize at the ARD Music Competition in 2007 as the cellist of the Tecchler Trio, of which he was a member until 2011. At the age of only 23 he became first solo cellist of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and held this position until 2013. Maximilian Hornung is supported and promoted by the Friends of the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation and the Borletti Buitoni Trust in London. In spring 2022 he took over the artistic direction of the Traunstein Summer Concerts