Michael Hornstein began as a self-taught musician under the influence of listening to Charlie Parker.
He has collaborated with musicians like Sunny Murray, Al Porcino, Albert Mangelsdorff, Udo Lindenberg, Hector Martignon, Blank & Jones, Bob Dorough, Fred Braceful, Gary Peacock and Billy Hart,[1] Sandra Kaye, Joe Bonner, Joe Madrid among many others.
In his recorded works one finds flavours of jazz, drum and bass, trip hop, electronic music as well as a series of commissions for silent movies, shortcuts and artvideos.
He has participated in festivals and productions all over the world, as well in collaboration with the Goethe Institutes: Georgia, Serbia, Bosnia, Spain, Mexico, Cuba, USA, Colombia, Greece, Italy, China, etc.
Since 2004 he works as well as a producer for international folklore in countries like: Colombia, Panama, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Venezuela, El Salvador, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Trinidad And Tobago, Mongolia, Tibet, Jamaica and in 2008 with members of the Buena Vista Social Club in Cuba.