Max spent five years bringing his debut opera A Child In Striped Pyjamas to the stage by special arrangement with Miramax, culminating in a sold-out premiere production at London’s Cockpit Theatre in January 2023. The opera was lauded by critics as ​“emotionally ambitious and vocally eloquent” (The Telegraph) and ​“marvellously scored… A remarkable achievement for a young composer” (The Arts Desk). Max was interviewed about the opera by The Sunday Times and BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, with excerpts from the piece also broadcast on RTÉ Radio. The opera was revived at Brundibár Arts Festival in January 2024 for Holocaust Memorial Day. 

Max’s debut album Songs of Loneliness was released on Toccata Classics in 2022. His String Quartets No.1 – 4 with the Tippet Quartet will be released in late 2024, featuring narration from Sir Michael Morpurgo.

With a creative life that embraces music, painting, poetry and cinema, Max enjoys illuminating the relationships between different mediums. As a conductor, he has assisted Jonathan Cohen and Arcangelo at the BBC Proms and conducted Endymion at Wigmore Hall. Max’s artworks have been displayed at the National Portrait Gallery. His columns have been printed in The Irish Times, The Strad and The Jewish Chronicle; he has contributed to BBC Music Magazine and has been interviewed for Classical Music, Opera Today and BBC Radio 3’s In Tune.