Maxim Dybal-Denysenko was born in New York City to a Ukrainian father and an Austrian mother. He has been playing piano since the age of five and composing from the age of thirteen. As a first-generation American, he has been brought up and embraced the Ukrainian, Austrian, and American cultures. This balancing act is also reflected in his life through his interests and passions for the Arts and Sciences. Currently, he is pursuing a double degree in Music Composition, studying with Ezequiel Viñao, and Mathematics.

He has been commissioned to write music for various ensembles including the NYU Contemporary Music Ensemble, Hypercube Ensemble, Fiveplay Wind Quintet, the Rhythm Method String Quartet, and will be working with the Mivos Quartet this summer on a another string quartet. He has received numerous awards including the NYU Steinhardt Departmental Award, two-time recipient of Lincoln Center's Diane Koston Fellowship, and the ASCAP Irving Caesar Composition Scholarship. He has recently begun writing music for dance and has already been programmed for the NYU MFA Dance Concert and What We Carry: New Voices in Dance and Music at the Lambert Center for Arts & Ideas. In addition to his concert music, Maxim has also written music for motion pictures, including a short for Converse by Cole Swanson, and is currently working on two thesis films for SVA and NYU students.

Most recently, along with his colleague Jackie Andresen, Maxim was a recipient of the NYU Steinhardt Undergraduate Student Research and Creative Project Grant to pursue the production of an extended string technique-based sample library. He was also the winner of the NYU Concert Composition Competition being awarded a residency with the NYU Orchestra for his piece “An American in Vienna”. The piece, which premiered April 26th, 2023, is based on his experience in Vienna during the 2020/21 school year.