Austrian composer Dieter Kaufmann (b. 1941) studied composition and electro-acoustic music in Vienna under Karl Schiske and Gottfried von Einem and in Paris under Messiaen, René Leibowitz, Pierre Schaeffer and François Bayle. His works include chamber, symphonic and vocal music, musical theatre, electro-acoustic music and live electronic music. He has won numerous national and international prizes, including the Ernst Krenek Prize (Vienna), the Prix Magisterium de Bourges/France, the Carinthian Kulturpreis and the Music Award of the Republic of Austria.
