Maierhof, Michael (b. 1956, Fulda). German composer of mostly chamber, vocal and multimedia works that have been performed in Asia, Europe and North America.

Mr. Maierhof is self-taught as a composer and began composing in 1988. He studied mathematics and music in Kassel and art history and philosophy in Hamburg.

He has earned awards from the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris and his works have been selected by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Neue Musik three times (1998–2000). He won First Prize in the Neue Musik für Schülerorchester competition in Stuttgart (2005, for MINUS 1). His music has been performed in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Kazakstan, Luxembourg, South Korea, Switzerland, the UK, and the USA, including twice at Darmstadt (1998, 2000).

He was an invited lecturer at Trinity College in Dublin and the Hochschule für Musik in Stuttgart in 2001–02 and at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, the California Institute of the Arts, the Centre for Contemporary Music in Dublin, and the Hochschule für bildende Künste in Hamburg, all in 2003.