The American born German Franz Halász stands in the forefront of outstanding artists in the guitar field. Judged by Soundboard Magazine in his New York debut as "simply electrifying!" and by Gramophone's critic as "the most remarkable guitarist in many years", Franz Halász began his career in 1993, winning first prizes at the „Andres Segovia Competition“ in Spain and the „Seto Ohashi“ Competition in Japan.
The orchestral dimensions of his performance and the phenomenal clarity and precision of his musical vision, have rejoiced audiences between Tokyo and New York. In the course of his worldwide presentations and concert tours, he shared the stage with well known artists such as Siegfried Jerusalem, Boris Pergamenschikow and Patrick Gallois. Franz Halász is professor at the „Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg-Augsburg“. His many CDs for BIS - always rated as reference recordings - include among others the complete guitar music by Joaquin Turina and Toru Takemitsu.
For NAXOS Franz Halasz is recording recently the complete works for guitar by Hans Werner Henze.The first CD of this serie was released in April 2006.