Gerald Eckert is a German composer, cellist, and painter.
Education
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.
Career
He currently lives in Eckernförde. Composition courses with James Dillon, Brian Ferneyhough and Jonathan Harvey. 1995 he received a scholarship of the Fondation Royaumont/ France.
1996/97 work as visiting scholar at the CCRMA of the Stanford University/ United States of America. 1998 he was guest professor at Darmstadt and at Akiyoshidai/ Japan.
1999 he received a scholarship of the "Heinrich-Strobel-Fondation", 2000/ 02 he was lecturer at the Technology Union Darmstadt. 2000 he realized a dance project with Dyane Neiman.
2006 he was composer in residence at the festival for contemporary music at Zurich/ Switzerland. 2008 he realized together with the academy of the arts Berlin a project for choir, dancers, ensemble, video and electronics.
As cello player various recordings on different broadcasting stations of works by John Cage, Morton Feldman, Hans Zender, a.o.
Since 1989 work on paintings. Exhibitions and installations.