"I am very proud of what we have built up with a small team over the past years and how many people we have helped to pave the way to music."

Yacine Khorchi

Learn Music with the Pros: The music2me Team

Music education thrives on people who truly know what they're talking about – and that’s exactly what you’ll find at music2me. Our team brings together experienced music teachers, passionate musicians, and creative minds from media and technology. Together, we pursue one goal: to make learning music modern, accessible, and sustainable.

Yacine Khorchi

Yacine Khorchi is the brain behind our piano course. With more than 15 years of experience as a professional pianist, piano teacher and pedagogue, he ensures lots of fun and maximum learning progress for our students. From selecting the pieces and preparing the sheet music to delivering explanations in the videos and answering piano specific questions in the support team, Yacine really does everything to pave the way for you to become a pianist.

Yacine studied piano for five years at the Hochschule für Musik in Würzburg and completed his studies with a diploma and additional concert diploma. In 2011, he founded the online music school music2me together with his school friend Andreas Kraus. He is also a sought-after live and studio musician.

Thomas Dill

The guitar course is developed and led by Thomas Dill. He draws on his many years of experience as a professional guitarist and guitar teacher, through which he knows exactly what is really important when learning and playing the guitar. From the first fingerings on the guitar, reading notes and tablatures to the pounding of powerful solos - Thomas will guide you through the world of the guitar. And if you get stuck, Thomaswill be happy to help you with your guitar problems in our support.

Thomas studied classical guitar at the University of Giessen and electric guitar at MGI Cologne. Since then he works as a guitar teacher, freelance musician, producer and also as an author at Bonedo.de.

Mirco Sontag

Our guitar teacher Mirco is your man when it comes to songs. Whether it's a legendary rock anthem or a ballad plucked on the acoustic guitar - Mirco will explain the songs to you piece by piece before you can play them with our custom-made accompaniment.

Like Thomas, Mirco studied classical guitar at the University of Giessen and also studied music education. He has been working as a guitar teacher since 1993 and for music2me since 2015.

Christopher Miltenberger

Christopher is a passionate instrumental educator with experience in a wide range of musical styles. Although he has primarily been teaching improvisation for many years, classical music remains much more than just a retreat for him personally. He successfully completed two degree programs: secondary school teaching (Mathematics and Music) with a state examination, and instrumental pedagogy (Piano) with a diploma. Since 2015, he has been a Professor of Practical School Piano Playing at the University of Music in Mainz. Since 2019, music2me has been collaborating with Christopher on the piano course.

Mario Garruccio

Mario Garruccio is undoubtedly one of the key figures in the German drumming scene. He appears in TV productions such as "Sing meinen Song" and "The Voice of Germany", and regularly tours with national and international stars, including Milow, Nena, Gregor Meyle, Paddy Kelly, and many more. In addition to his active career as a drummer, Mario also works as a lecturer, offering workshops at universities in Cologne and Osnabrück as well as at the SAE Institute in Frankfurt am Main.

Supporting Cast
Of course, online music lessons cannot be taught by teachers alone. The lessons have to be planned, filmed, and edited, the website has to be designed and programmed, and without marketing those willing to learn don't know that music2me even exists. Here you can see all those who make it possible for you to learn the instrument without standing in front of the camera.
Andreas is the idea generator and marketing coordinator at music2me. The common goal is to make learning musical instruments as easy as possible for people. He is a passionate guitarist and has been playing electric guitar since childhood.
Andreas Kraus
Co-founder
Steffen is responsible for the coordination and planning of the teams. For example, he makes sure that all music2me courses are regularly filled with new content. He also plans new recording dates and is the head of our physical products on Amazon and Thomann.de. Since he makes music himself, he can also provide new input musically.
Steffen Roth
Project Manager
Tim has been part of the music2me video production team since September 2016, where he is mainly responsible for the English music2me courses and recording new video lessons. He also takes care of our in-house YouTube channels as well as the company's social media presence.
Tim Stöckinger
Videoeditor
Lena has been part of our team at music2me since September 2022 and completed her training as an audio-visual media designer with us. With her creative flair and dedication, she especially enriches our guitar course. Lena ensures that our learning materials are engaging and easy to understand, and she brings fresh ideas to our projects.
Anna-Lena Heeg
Media Designer
Daniel has been part of the team since September 2020 and completed his training as an audio-visual media designer with us. His main area of responsibility is video and content production for the platform. He has also been playing various instruments for over five years — starting with drums and now increasingly dedicating time to the guitar. As a result, he plays a key role in the development of our drum course.
Daniel Binder
Creative Media Producer
New to the team since the beginning of 2025, Chris is responsible for social marketing and thus also manages the social networks Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. In addition to cycling, one of his longtime hobbies is playing the guitar – no one is as familiar with the subject as he is.
Christof Gerhart
Social / Marketing
Maxi will also be happy to help you with any problems or uncertainties. As a former hobby pianist, she has been part of the team since the beginning of 2021. She can be reached most quickly via our support phone.
Maximiliane Nowotny
Support
Chris manages and coordinates all technical aspects of music2me. For example, he makes sure that new features are developed regularly and that our app is always up-to-date. Most important for him is to create a flawless and user-friendly platform for everyone.
Chris Buchheim
Technical Projektmanager
Thomas has been working for music2me as UX designer and programmer since 2017. Besides the development of new features he is responsible for creating designs and implementing them. He made it possible that you can read this text here.
Thomas Brunner
UX Engineer
Partners
Pianoo
2019
Sunlab
2012
Thomann
2018
Kawai
2014
Our Journey
2011
School friends Andreas and Yacine found music2me to make learning to play instruments easier. In the same year the shooting for the piano course starts.
2013
The music2me piano course goes online with 80 videos after 2 years of work! First users dare the step and learn with the new learning concept.
2014
In the piano course there are new video tutorials and growing user numbers. In addition, filming for the guitar course with Thomas and Mirco is starting.
2015
After only one year of planning and shooting, the music2me guitar course goes live with 100 videos for electric guitar.
2017
The internationalisation begins and so the piano and guitar courses are also produced in English. First videos for acoustic guitar find their way into the guitar course.
2018
A complete redesign and makeover of the website for better usability and overview goes live and offers new features for our video player.
2019
Development and publication of physical products such as learning aids and gift cards. Both courses now include over 200 learning videos each.
2020
An own app for iOS and Android is being developed. The shooting for a drum course starts.