I am primarily composing for myself - music that is new to me and I would like to listen to. I am certainly aware of this being a communicative act. And I hope that people will be touched by my music, but of course I couldn't force this.  

JOHANNES MARIA STAUD


Johannes Maria Staud is a composer who avails himself of a panoply of compositional techniques, all the while maintaining a very direct and original grasp on the musical material.

ROLF BECK, director of the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, to the decision of the jury of the Paul-Hindemith-Prize 2009