New York City-based internationally renowned and multi-awarded Latvian jazz bassist, producer, arranger, and educator Maksim Perepelica is one of the brightest musical talents in his country and beyond its borders. He is a true artist with a unique vision and a profound understanding of music, possessing a deep knowledge of the jazz idiom, a powerful sound, and a solid rhythmic feel. 

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He has performed, toured, and recorded with some of the most prominent musicians on the scene, including Steve Wilson, Troy Roberts, Manuel Valera, Alex Sipiagin, Shai Maestro, Seamus Blake, Samuel Torres, Edsel Gomez, Bobby Sanabria, Jason Rigby, Silvano Monasterios, Valery Ponomarev, Tommy Campbell, Ricky Ford, Ron Jackson, Berta Moreno, Evan Hyde, Alina Engibaryan, and Benjamin Herman, among many others. 

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Maksim's extensive international career includes performances at the iconic Blue Note New York, Birdland Jazz Club, David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center, Minton's Playhouse, ShapeShifter Lab, Joe's Pub, Bronx Music Heritage Center, Ellington Jazz Club (Australia), Paris Cat Jazz Club (Australia), Jamboree Jazz Club (Spain), Sala Clamores (Spain), Jimmy Glass (Spain), Circulo de Bellas Artes (Spain), Bilbana Jazz Club (Spain), The Music Village (Belgium), Bird Rotterdam (Netherlands), Bethany's Club (Netherlands), Jazz Cellar 11 (Lithuania), as well as some of the most important international jazz festivals: Rochester Jazz Festival (USA), Carnegie Hall's "Nuestros Sonidos" (USA), Jazzaldia Jazz Festival (Spain), Canarias Jazz y Mas Festival (Spain), Devonport Jazz Festival (Australia), Leiden Jazz Festival (Netherlands), Haarlem Jazz Festival (Netherlands), Kaunas Jazz (Lithuania), Vilnius Jazz (Lithuania), and Ventspils Groove (Latvia) among others.

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In 2017, Maksim recorded and produced Spanish multi-awarded saxophonist and composer Berta Moreno's debut album "Little Steps," winning "The Global Music Awards" for the Best Album of the Year. It was also nominated for the prestigious Independent Music Awards (USA) and Premios MIN (Spain).
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Following the success of "Little Steps," Maksim continued working with Moreno on her second studio album, "Tumaini," resulting in a stunning Grand Prize win for the song "The Beauty of the Slum" in the prestigious International John Lennon Songwriting Contest, Jazz category.   

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Apart from that, he is the winner of three international jazz competitions in the Netherlands: "Leidse Jazzaward 2011" with David Sancho Trio, "Dordtse Sena Jazz Prijs 2013" with The Hat Bangers, and "Zoetermeer Jazz Concours 2013" with Kind of Brown Quartet. 

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Maksim Perepelica regularly gives clinics and master classes worldwide, specializing in jazz and Latin bass, ensemble playing, and music production.