Eckart, Edmundo

Edmundo Eckart was born in Barcelona in 1935 into a family of German origin. He studied piano with Margarete Fleiter and J. Dotras Villa at the Conservatori Superior de Barcelona, and harmony, counterpoint, composition and instrumentation with Cristòfor Taltabull. He later extended his knowledge of twentieth century music with Carles Guinovart.
For many years he was the organist at the German Parish Catholic Church in Barcelona, for which he wrote many works and developed a series of harmonisations and adaptations for religious brass ensembles.
His musical catalogue is made up of pieces for chamber and symphony formations, for orchestra and for choir, many of which have been performed on various occasions in Spain, Germany, Mexico, the Republic of Moldova, Poland and Holland.
His works have been published by various Catalan publishers and many have been recorded by the Gallo and Ars Armónica record labels.
He has been a member of the Associació Catalana de Compositors since 1992.