Career
1980: secondary-school examinations Nicolaus Cusanus Gymnasium in Bergisch Gladbach. 1981 - 1985: Conservatory Köln 1985 - 1988: scholarship holder at the Herbert Karajan Stiftung in Berlin for Classic Trumpet (professors: Robert Platt and Ack van Rooyen) Baldauf played with James Brown, Liza Minnelli, Seal, Shirley Bassey, Michael Bublé, and he was on tour with Maceo Parker, Joe Zawinul, Shirley Bassey, Udo Jürgens. 1989 - 1999: professor for jazz trumpet at the Conservatory Köln 1992 - 2010: regular guest in various German big bands, especially the WDR Big Band Köln During the late 1980s and the 1990s Baldauf contributed to some 100 studio albums.
Since 2003 Baldauf has been playing trumpet in Stefan Raab"s Tonight Show television total in the band heavytones.
In June 2010 Baldauf launched his first solo album with the title Own Style. Prominent guests accompanied him, like Till Brönner, Nils Landgren, Ack van Rooyen, Andy Haderer and Max Mutzke.