Malte Giesen (*1988 in Tübingen) studied composition and computer music at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart under Marco Stroppa and Oliver Schneller, followed by further studies at the CNSM Paris with Gérard Pesson and at the HfM Berlin with Hanspeter Kyburz and electroacoustic music with Wolfgang Heiniger. He teaches contemporary improvisation at the HfM Karlsruhe and electroacoustic music at the HfM Berlin. Malte Giesen has received, among other awards, the 1st Prize of the German Music Competition Composition 2009, a prize from the SWR Orchestral Composition Masterclass 2012, the Carl von Ossietzky Prize of the City of Oldenburg 2016, New Scenes III of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, and the Composition Prize of the City of Stuttgart 2017. He has been awarded scholarships by the Friends of the HfMDK Stuttgart, the Oscar and Vera Ritter Foundation, the Förderverein der HfM Berlin, and the Elsa-Neumann Scholarship of the State of Berlin. His works have been performed extensively both nationally and internationally, including performances by the Radiosinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Decoder Ensemble, oh-ton Ensemble, Sonar Quartett, Quatuor Diotima, Sonic.Art Saxophon-Quartett, ascolta, ensemble recherche, ensemble mosaik, Ensemble Adapter, l‘instant donné, Ensemble Kuraia, Neue Vocalsolisten, Ardey Saxophon-Quartett, and SUONO MOBILE global.

Since 2021, he has been the Head of the Studio for Electroacoustic Music at the Akademie der Künste Berlin.