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My Take
Georg Friedrich Haas is the kind of name that means everything inside contemporary classical circles and almost nothing outside them, which fascinates me. When a 2017 Classic Voice poll put his work at the top of the greatest art music since 2000, with in vain leading the list, that is not a small thing. I respect composers who commit fully to a difficult language, and his microtonal world is genuinely uncompromising. The Grand Austrian State Prize and the Salzburg Music Prize confirm the establishment caught up to him. Music this demanding rarely wins popularity contests, so seeing peers vote for him so decisively tells me his ideas truly landed.
Overview
Georg Friedrich Haas (born 16 August 1953) is an Austrian composer. In a 2017 Classic Voice poll of the greatest works of art music since 2000, pieces by Haas received the most votes (49), and his composition in vain (2000) topped the list.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Georg Friedrich Haas
- Name (Japanese)
- ゲオルク・ハース
- Reading
- げおるく・はーす
- Born
- August 16, 1953 (age 72)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Snake
- Origin
- Graz, Styria, Austria
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- composer / academic musician / university teacher / classical pianist
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
Awards & achievements
- 2002 City of Vienna Prize for Music
- 1998 Ernst Krenek Award
- 2006 Grand Austrian State Prize
- 2013 Salzburg Music Prize
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Hyperion | — |
6. Links
Composer — see all → · More people from Austria →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.