Franz Baur

Franz Baur (born 25 January 1958 in Hall in Tirol) is a Tirolean composer. He was recipient of the in 2011. His compositions have been performed in Austria, Germany, South Tirol, the USA and the Ukraine. His work includes more than 50 compositions from large orchestral and choral works, to works for wind instruments, brass quartet, including film scores, for the film series "Dracula".

His trilogy of large scale Genesis based oratorios consists of '''Genesis – Die Schöpfung'' (2012), ''Amartema – Der Sündenfall''(2013) were well received and completed with the third part ''Kataklysmos - Sintflut'' (2015). The first two parts have been recorded. Other large scale works include an oratorio on Revelation ''Offenbarung des Johannes'', the children's opera ''Das Dschungelbuch'', and ''Robert-Gernhardt-Lieder'' for alto and orchestra. Provided by Wikipedia