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

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Biography

Eckert, born in Nuremberg, studied mathematics at the

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, violoncello and conducting at the conservatory of Nürnberg. Then he studied of composition with

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and

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and electroacoustic composition at the

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Essen. Composition courses with James Dillon,

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and Jonathan Harvey. 1995 he received a scholarship of the Fondation Royaumont/France. 1996/97 work as visiting scholar at the CCRMA of the

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/US. 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 TU 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. He received various prizes and awards:

Gulbenkian Prize Gulbenkian Prize is a series of prizes awarded annually by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. The main Gulbenkian Prize was established in 1976 as the Gulbenkian Science Prize awarded to Portuguese individuals and organizations. Starting 2012, th ...

'93, NDR-Prize '94, Kranichsteiner Musikpreis '96, nomination for the ICMC '96 Hong-Kong and '03 Singapore, composition award of the "Biennale Hannover" '97, "S. Martirano Competition" USA 2003, 1st prize of Bourges 2003, nomination for the world-music-days '95 and '04, 1st prize of Stuttgart 2005, a scholarship for Venice 2006 and for Los Angeles 2010. As cello player various recordings on different broadcasting stations of works by

John Cage John Milton Cage Jr. (September 5, 1912 – August 12, 1992) was an American composer and music theorist. A pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electroacoustic music, and non-standard use of musical instruments, Cage was one of the leading fi ...

Morton Feldman Morton Feldman (January 12, 1926 – September 3, 1987) was an American composer. A major figure in 20th-century classical music, Feldman was a pioneer of indeterminate music, a development associated with the experimental New York School ...

Hans Zender Johannes Wolfgang Zender (22 November 1936 – 22 October 2019) was a German conductor and composer. He was the chief conductor of several opera houses, and his compositions, many of them vocal music, have been performed at international festival ...

, a.o. Since 1989 work on paintings. Exhibitions and installations.

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