Born in Neuburg an der Donau in 1955, Franz Hauk studied church and school music, with piano and organ, at the Munich Musikhochschule and in Salzburg. In 1988 he took his doctorate with a thesis on church music in Munich at the beginning of the 19th century. From 1982 to 2021 he served as organist at Ingolstadt Minster, and since 1995 also as choirmaster.
He has given concerts in Europe and the United States and made a number of recordings including several premieres of works by Johann Simon Mayr. \
Since October 2002 he has taught in the historical performance and church music department of the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München.