Gerhard Lock

Gerhard Lock (b. 15 Jan 1978, Halle/Saale) is a German-Estonian musicologist, composer, improviser, violinist, pianist, and music educator. He's a lecturer in musicology and multimedia at Tallinn University's Institute of Fine Arts and a Ph.D. candidate at Eesti Muusika- ja Teatriakadeemia. Gerhard works in the field of interdisciplinary experimental music, composing electronic and electroacoustic works and creating sound installations. His brother Hans-Gunter Lock is also a renowned composer and musicologist. Gerhard studied music theory with Wolf-Günter Leidel at Hochschule für Musik "Franz Liszt" Weimar, further continying his education in musicology at Leipzig University (2000–2002) and with professor Mart Humal at Eesti Muusika- ja Teatriakadeemia (2002–2004). Lock additionally attended Orpheus Institute in Gent, Belgium.