Markus Rhoten

For almost two decades, Markus Rhoten has shaped the sound of one of the world's most important orchestras. As

As principal timpanist of the New York Philharmonic, he delights an international audience with his unmistakable playing.

Audience – in outstanding concerts, radio broadcasts and numerous award-winning recordings.

In close collaboration with Steiner Mallets, the Markus Rhoten Signature Series was created – a mallet series that consistently realizes Markus Rhoten's sonic ideals: exceptional clarity, refined richness of tone, the finest articulation, and effortless projection across the entire dynamic spectrum. The result of decades of experience at the highest international level and an extraordinary career that has led him to...

previously he was solo timpanist at the Berlin Symphony Orchestra and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.

The Markus Rhoten Series by Steiner superiormallets is far more than a tribute to the sound of Markus Rhoten. It is the mallet series he relies on daily in the concert hall, in the recording studio, and during his performances with the New York Philharmonic.

Every timbre, every nuance, and every dynamic gradation corresponds exactly to his artistic vision. This makes the same uncompromising standard of sound, precision, and expression accessible to musicians worldwide for the first time.