Deiss, Dr.Gerhard 12/30/1950 - 05/24/2021

Born 1950 in Vienna,
first compositional instruction from Professor Kratochwil
Studied law and a couple semesters in composition (Prof. Neumann)
Diplomatic career ( Austrian Ambassador in Morocco and in the Senegal).
Resumption of work as a composer in 2010.
The compositions include different pieces for piano, for choir ( 3 motets, one a-capella composition and a mass), a concerto for violin and orchestra, 2 string quartets , a piano trio, two pieces for clarinet and piano and lieder.
First string quartet, opus 11, had its first public performance in Skopje on 28th May 2015. c.f. link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5mLinbAa0A.
Debut-performance of "She walks in Beauty", with Gonca Bogoromova Krapovski, soprano, Pascal Krapovski, cello, and Milica Skarik, piano,in Skopje in March 2016. Further performances in 2018.
Further performance of the string quartet by the "Goya-Quartet"(Salzburg) at the Austrian Cultural Forum Bratislava in April 2016.
Debut performance of "Fantasie-Impromptu" for clarinet and piano by Ulrich Manafi and Veronika Trisko at the 32nd Chopin-Festival at Gaming on 11 August 2016.
First public performance of the 2nd string quartet by Aronquartett on 19 March 2019 in Bratislava, four further performances in Poland in April 2019.
cf. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrI0Umtss0w&feature=youtu.be
Publication of three novels , c.f. .https://www.wienerzeitung.at/nachrichten/kultur/literatur/2007357-Gerhard-Deiss-ueber-versunkene-Hoffnungen., html.https://www.stadtbekannt.at/buchtipp-rueckkehr-nach-europa/