Gerald Eckert studied mathematics at the University of Erlangen, violoncello and conducting in Nuremberg and composition with Nicolaus A. Huber and Dirk Reith at the Folkwang-Hochschule Essen. Further composition courses with Jonathan Harvey and Brian Ferneyhough. 1996/97 at the CCRMA of Stanford University, from 2012 – 2014 Gerald Eckert was Professor of Composition Chung-Ang University/South Korea. Numerous awards, including the Gulbenkian Prize 1993, Kranichstein Prize 1996, Bourges 2003, Stuttgart 2005… His works are performed at major festivals in Europe, USA and Asia. 2013 monograph published by Wolke Verlag. CDs on the labels ambitus, col legno, NEOS, Kreuzberg records or mode records.
“My scholarship consisted of two work phases. In the first phase in April 2024, I completed “Verschränkung, ins Offene”, a work for double bass flute, electronics and tape. I had been working on the piece I had been working on the piece since November 2023 and it was premiered in June 2024 at the NYCEMF Festival in New York premiered by Beatrix Wagner (double bass flute). In the second phase in September/October 2024, I worked on a work for theorbo solo which should be completed in 2024.”