Matt Strobel Hohmann

Matthias Strobel has founded the first music tech association worldwide and is the President of MusicTech Germany, the Federal Association for Music Technology in Germany. He is also co-founder and Vice-President of Music Tech Europe, the European umbrella association of national music technology associations in Europe. Matthias Strobel is Germany’s main point of contact regarding innovation for the entire music sector. He serves as a consultant, mentor, and independent manager to help accelerate avant-garde approaches from startups. Determined to further the innovative potential – and thus future success – of artists and entrepreneurs, he uses his experience and leverages his global network to help create the music ecosystem of tomorrow. He is a lecturer at Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at the University of New York, where he teaches music technology innovation with a focus on Berlin an beyond. Matthias Strobel hosts workshops about digitalization, innovation, and inclusion in the music ecosystem. He curates international music conferences and facilitates events that focus on innovationand the further development of the music ecosystem to foster the knowledge transfer between visionaries from all intersections of the creative industries. His event series, the Berlin Music Tech Meetups, has grown into a community of more than 2.500 music and music tech enthusiasts from Berlin. Since 2024, Matthias Strobel organizes MUSIC FRONTIERS, a different kind of music conference that focuses on new visions and novel solutions for music and its industry. Strobel has spoken at conferences around the world, sharing his experiences and expertise on cross-sectoral innovation within vertical industries through emerging technologies and the potential of collaboration for the recreation of the music ecosystem. He served as a judge and mentor on some of Europe’s most prestigious startup competitions and accelerators for music technology.