Gerald Eckert (born 27 December 1960) is a German composer, cellist, and painter.
Eckert, born in Nuremberg, studied mathematics at the University of Erlangen, violoncello and conducting at the conservatory of Nürnberg.
Composition courses with James Dillon, Brian Ferneyhough and Jonathan Harvey.
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.