Gerald Eckert
Gerald Eckert (born 1960 in Nuremberg) is a German composer, cellist and painter. He studied mathematics in Erlangen, cello and conducting in Nuremberg, and composition with Nicolaus A. Huber and Walter Zimmermann, with further courses under James Dillon, Brian Ferneyhough and Jonathan Harvey. He was a visiting scholar at Stanford's CCRMA in 1996-97 and won the Kranichsteiner Musikpreis in 1996. As a cellist he has recorded works by John Cage, Morton Feldman and Hans Zender. He lives in Eckernförde. Mode has released his Absence, Night, falling and On The Edges.
Night, falling
Two-CD set of works by Gerald Eckert, mostly for orchestra and often with live electronics, performed by Ensemble Reflexion K and the norddeutsche sinfonietta, with the composer as cellist and conductor.
On the Edges
Three works for large chamber ensemble by Hamburg-based composer Gerald Eckert, who conducts ensemble reflexion K in music that works on the edges of sound, between near silence and explosion.
Absence
Four chamber works by Gerald Eckert from 2006 to 2015, for piccolos and percussion, voices, flute and cello, and violin and contrabass clarinet with electronics, played by Ensemble L'art pour l'art, Auditivvokal and Ensemble Reflexion K.
des Nichts, verlorene Schatten / l\'étendue des fins éclats, épa
Concentrated chamber music: Gerald Eckert captures the world of sounds in its manifold forms and shapes with meticulous care and maximum individuality.