Gerhard Schedl

In 1976 he began his professional studies with Erich Urbanner at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna.

After a long period of severe depression, Schedl shot himself in the woods near his home in Eppstein.

[2] He was buried in an honorary grave at the central cemetery of Vienna, group 40 No.

In 2009 the Neue Oper Wien created a composition competition for a feature-length music-dramatic work.

Students of Gerhard Schedl have included Klaus Wiede, Stefan Thomas, Dieter Hermsdorf and Daniel Hensel, who wrote the first musicological study and dissertation on the music of Gerhard Schedl.