Born in Zweibrücken in 1991, the percussionist Moritz Wappler studied percussion at Hanover and Bern Colleges of Music and went on to achieve a distinction in his master’s degree in performance percussion with Jochen Schorer and Brian Archinal.

Moritz Wappler is a percussionist and member of the management team of the Orchester im Treppenhaus. Together with percussionists from Hanover, he founded the international percussion festival Überschlag.

Temporary engagements with orchestras and ensembles have taken him to the NDR Radio Philharmonie, the Düsseldorf Symphoniker, the Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen, the Lucerne Festival Strings and the Ensemble Resonanz, among others.

He has performed in various chamber music formations at the Heidelberg Frühling Music Festival, the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival, the Beethovenfest Bonn, the Rheingau Music Festival, the Grafenegg Festival and the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival.

Moritz Wappler lives and works as a freelance percussionist in Hanover. He is a lecturer at Hanover College of Music, Drama and Media.