Otto M. Schwarz

Terra Vulcania paints impressive and captivating musical images depicting the creation, history and life today in the Styrian Vulkanland, Austria. Powerful and explosive natural forces create a founda...

The Verdict shows Otto Schwarz great skill at composing Concert Band items in his typical imaginative film musical style. It tells the tale of two brothers who differed greatly, one was handsome and t...

With this wind orchestra fanfare, Otto M. Schwarz created an opening work that is immediately intended to spur the musicians on to top performances and get the audience in the mood for the following c...

The Bridge on the Border is a European bridge connecting the German city of Kehl to the French city of Strasbourg. This piece tells the passionate story of German and French lovers who meet at the bri...

The Bridge on the Border is a European bridge connecting the German city of Kehl to the French city of Strasbourg. This piece tells the passionate story of German and French lovers who meet at the bri...

The commission of the Pentaphonia Brass Quintet and the Haize Berriak Sakanako Musika Ekartea Concert Band from the Spanish Basque country was to write a piece for brass quintet and concert band. The...

Mundus Novus ('New World') is a travelogue in the form of letters sent by the sailor and explorer Amerigo Vespucci in 1502 to the Florentine nobleman Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco di Medici. The life and d...

It can be neither seen nor heard, but it's ever-present and can make us ill or even kill us: this is the reality of atomic radiation. The most devastating nuclear catastrophes have doubtless been thos...

In memoriam Sophie Scholl

Homeland was created to commemorate the 100th birthday of the Hohe Tauern National Park in the Austrian Alps. The many achievements in this largest reserve in the Alps include the reintroduction of th...

What do Steve, Jobs, Marc Zuckerberg and Johannes Gutenberg have in common? They all represent a revolution in communications and information technology. Johannes Gutenberg was born in Mainz in 1400 a...

Underwater worlds, enchanted castles, rich and cold-hearted depots who chase the poor away, dark figures, revenge, Atlantis... such are the exciting motifs that emerge in Otto M. Schwarz' latest work...

Skyliner is the first symphonic concert march from the pen of composer Otto M. Schwarz. His debut in this genre is a spectacular concert march in his unmistakable filmic style. In Skyliner, Otto M. Sc...

One of man's great dreams has always been to fly high through the air like a bird, free as a bird. There are ancient Greek legends such of those of Daedalus and Icarus, and indeed as early as the 9th...

One of man's great dreams has always been to fly high through the air like a bird, free as a bird. There are ancient Greek legends such of those of Daedalus and Icarus, and indeed as early as the 9th...

This programmatic composition tells the story of a group of workers from a remote forest in the French speaking part of Canada. They are longing to be with their families as Christmas is coming soon a...

On the Wildon Mountain, deep inside Austria, there once lived generations of giants, terrorizing the inhabitants of the valley. However, the people of the valley were determined to put an end to the b...

Who doesn't know the iconic words 'That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind', spoken by the famous astronaut Neil Armstrong - the man that took the first step on the moon. This inspir...

The walls of Babylon, the Great Wall of China, the limes of the Roman Empire and the Berlin Wall are just a few examples of the walls mankind has built over past centuries. Today, building walls remai...

Once upon a time in North America, there lived a mother and her small daughter who were part of a community of Ojibwa people. The girl suffered from severe nightmares. The mother sought help from 'Spi...

Once upon a time in North America, there lived a mother and her small daughter who were part of a community of Ojibwa people. The girl suffered from severe nightmares. The mother sought help from 'Spi...

This programmatic piece is about a simple miner by the name of Gottlieb Bäumler and his pact with the devil. In the program note one can follow each step of the story so you can almost hear the events...

This programmatic piece is about a simple miner by the name of Gottlieb Bäumler and his pact with the devil. In the program note one can follow each step of the story so you can almost hear the events...

This work was inspired by a French astronaut and saxophonist who played his saxophone while aboard the International Space Station! During the piece, the audience joins the 'Proxima' mission step by s...

This work was inspired by a French astronaut and saxophonist who played his saxophone while aboard the International Space Station! During the piece, the audience joins the 'Proxima' mission step by s...