Maintz studied composition with
Michael Reudenbach and
Robert HP Platz, and electronic music with
Karlheinz Essl. He studied further at the CRFMW (Centre de Recherches et de Formations Musicales de Wallonie) of the
University of Liège and the
IRCAM (Institut des Recherches et Coordinations Musicales). He received the
Ernst von Siemens Composer Prize in 2005. He was granted a scholarship from the Federal Government for the
Cité internationale des arts in Paris. In 2010 he was a Stipendiat of the
Villa Massimo. His opera
Maldoror on a libretto by
Thomas Fiedler after
Les Chants de Maldoror by
Comte de Lautréamont was premiered at the
Munich Biennale in 2010. His works have been performed at the
Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik, the
Salzburg Festival, among others. Artists have included the
Arditti String Quartet, the
Ensemble intercontemporain, das
Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin, the
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart with
Lothar Zagrosek, and the
BBC Symphony Orchestra with Pierre-André Valade. == Discography ==