The German guitarist Franz Halász began his international career in 1993, when he was awarded first prize in the Andrés Segovia Competition in Spain and in the same year first prize in the Japan SETO-OHASHI Competition. In 2000 he won an award from the Munich Ministry for Science and Culture and in 2007 took the Bavarian Culture Prize.

His many recordings for BIS include the complete guitar music of Joaquin Turina and Toru Takemitsu, and since 2006 he has been recording the guitar compositions of Henze for Naxos. A guest performer at major festivals and events throughout the world, he has worked together with colleagues of high distinction, and since 1995 has collaborated in a duo with the Brazilian pianist Débora Halász.

For ten years he served as a professor at the Nuremberg Musikhochschule and since 2010 has held a similar position at the Munich Hochschule für Musik und Theater. He also offers master-classes at Institutes all over the world including the Manhattan School of Music in New York, the Royal Academy Stockholm, the Academy of Music in Oslo, the Salzburg Mozarteum, São Paulo University, Esmuc in Barcelona and Musikene San Sebastián.