Johannes Maria Staud (born 17 August 1974) is an Austrian composer.
Johannes Maria Staud (born 17 August 1974) is an Austrian composer.
Staud was born in Innsbruck [1] and studied with, among others, Brian Ferneyhough and Michael Jarrell (at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna). [2] [3] In 1999/2000 Staud was fellow of the Alban Berg Foundation. [2] He gained a publishing contract with Universal Edition in 2000. [4] He was co-founder of the composers group Gegenklang in Vienna. [2] His Apeiron. Music for Large Orchestra was premiered by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Simon Rattle in 2005, and his Segue. Music for Violoncello and Orchestra was performed by Heinrich Schiff and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Daniel Barenboim at the opening concert of the 2006 Salzburg Festival. In 2010/2011 he was Capell-Compositeur of the Staatskapelle Dresden. [5] Since autumn 2018, he has been professor of composition at the Mozarteum University Salzburg. [1]
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