Background
He was born in Heilbronn, Germany.
He was born in Heilbronn, Germany.
He studied with Kurt Weill.
At age 4, he made his first public appearance. Gebhardt wrote jazz pieces, popular songs, and a jazz piano concerto. In 1937, he became the music supervisor for the first German language television play, Kabinett Fulero.
The German Broadcasting Archive has a recording of jazz-piano concert with Rudolf Ehrecke at the piano and Gebhardt conducting the orchestra.
He also conducted an orchestra at the Folies Bergère in Paris, France. On June 24, 1944, Gebhardt died on the eastern front during World World War World War II An exhibition marking the 50th anniversary of his death (with catalog) documents his career.
By 1928, he was a member of the EKLA (First Piano Quartet) with Adam Gelbtrunk, Leopold Mittmann, and Alexander Zakin.