About Johannes Maria Staud
Johannes Maria Staud (born 17 August 1974) is an Austrian composer. His works have been performed internationally by major orchestras, ensembles, and soloists, and he has received several composition prizes. == Biography == Staud was born on 17 August 1974 in Innsbruck. He studied musicology and philosophy in Vienna before continuing his composition studies with Brian Ferneyhough and Michael Jarrell at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, and later with Hanspeter Kyburz at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin. From 1999 to 2000 he was a fellow of the Alban Berg Foundation, and in 2000 he signed a publishing contract with Universal Edition. He is also a co-founder of the Vienna-based composers' group Gegenklang. == Career == === Early major works === Staud achieved early international recognition with Apeiron (2005), commissioned by the Berlin Philharmonic and premiered under Sir Simon Rattle and Segue (2006), for violoncello and orchestra, written for Heinrich Schiff and the Vienna Philharmonic under Daniel Barenboim at the Salzburg Festival. === Later career === In 2010–2011, Staud served as Capell-Compositeur of the Staatskapelle Dresden. His orchestral work Maniai was premiered in 2012 by the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra under Mariss Jansons. Other significant works of the 2010s include Auf die Stimme der weißen Kreide (Specter I–III) (2015), premiered at Festival Musica in Strasbourg, and the diptych Par ici!
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