Artist Info: Gerald Eckert

Gerald Eckert (born 27 December 1960) is a German composer, cellist, and painter. He currently lives in Eckernförde.

Eckert, born in Nuremberg, studied Mathematics at the University of Erlangen, violoncello and conducting at the conservatory of Nürnberg. Then he studied of composition with Nicolaus A. Huber and Walter Zimmermann and electroacoustic composition at the Folkwang-Hochschule Essen. Composition courses with James Dillon, Brian Ferneyhough and Jonathan Harvey. [read more...]