Gerald Eckert

German contemporary classical composer and cellist

German composer, cellist and painter, born 1960 in Nuremberg 1985-90: cello, piano and conducting studies at the conservatory in Nuremberg 1989: initial composition studies with Wilfried Jentzsch, then with Walter Zimmermann at the Folkwang Universität Der Künste 1992-95: composition studies with Nicolaus A. Huber and Dirk Reith (electroacoustic composition) Further courses with James Dillon (2), Brian Ferneyhough, Marco Stroppa, and Jonathan Harvey 1996-97: residency at Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics 1998: guest lecturer at Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik, Darmstadt