Evan Lampson, also known as Maestro 98, has been passionate about music his whole life. He started playing the piano in Northern California at a very young age. He studied for 10 years with Allaudin Mathieu learning the secrets of harmony, music theory, and improvisation. Then, it was off to the East Coast to study composition with Joan Tower at Bard College. As a classical composer, he enjoyed moderate success having compositions performed by Da Capo and other musicians. Then, after a brief hiatus, he decided to pivot away from classical music and transitioned into producing hip-hop, pop, and r&b music. Maestro was fortunate enough to work with Yung Crusha and this helped to develop the signature Maestro 98 sound. Then, he went on to work with BRAHM, and Sebastian Lopez and is in the process of growing the Maestro 98 platform with the goal of finding and promoting talent.