Franz Baur

Franz Baur (born 25 January 1958 in Hall in Tirol) is a Tirolean composer.

[1] He was recipient of the Tiroler Landespreis für Kunst [de] in 2011.

His compositions have been performed in Austria, Germany, South Tirol, the USA and Ukraine.

[2] 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).

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.