Marc Strobel represents a contemporary, interdisciplinary approach to percussion — situated between orchestral precision, musical artistry, and conceptual breadth. As a professor, orchestral musician, composer, and creative director, he combines artistic excellence with international experience and strategic thinking.

Since the 2016/17 season, he has served as Principal Percussionist of the Staatsorchester Stuttgart. Previous engagements have taken him to the HR Symphony Orchestra, the Staatskapelle Berlin, the SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden & Freiburg, the Frankfurt Opera, and the Saarländisches Staatsorchester.

His orchestral career is complemented by solo appearances with the SWR Symphony Orchestra under François-Xavier Roth and the Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg under Kent Nagano. Guest performances have led him to major concert halls throughout Europe, the United States, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. He has also been a recurring member of the orchestra of the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, including performances at the Salzburg Festival.

As an educator, Marc Strobel is regularly invited to international festivals and academies, including the Järvi Academy in Pärnu, the University of Debrecen, the Jeju International Percussion Academy (South Korea), and the Cyprus Youth Symphony Orchestra. From 2024 to 2026, he served as Lecturer in Orchestral Percussion at the HfMDK Frankfurt. Since 2026 he is Professor for Percussion at the Saarland Music University, Saarbrücken.

Together with his brother and chamber music partner, Prof. Kai Strobel, he founded the Boum-Percussion Academy in the greater Stuttgart area in 2020 — an international platform dedicated to the focused development and networking of emerging percussionists.

A central focus of his artistic work lies in the integration of percussion, electronics, and movement. In close collaboration with choreographers and companies such as the Stuttgart Ballet, Gauthier Dance Company, and Phoenix Dance Theatre Leeds, he creates full-length productions and immersive sound environments. His works are performed in theatres across Europe, featured at the Porsche Tennis Cup, and broadcast by the cultural television channel 3sat.

As a Creative Director, Marc Strobel develops projects, strategies, and brand formats at the intersection of culture, technology, and instrument making. His work combines performative practice with conceptual development and long-term artistic planning.
Marc Strobel is an official endorser of Meinl Percussion Germany.