Gert Mortensen was born in Denmark in 1958. He was trained in the prestigious soloist class at "the Royal Danish Adademy of Music" in Copenhagen and he is now professor, head of timpani and percussion the very same place.

For 24 years Gert Mortensen held the postion as principal percussionist in "the Royal Danish Orchestra" and has, at the same time, become recognised as one of the world's leading percussionist.

His career includes solo- and symphony concerts with several European orchestras, among others "the National Polish Orchestra" and "the bbc Philharmonic" at the Proms, Royal Albert Hall. Through his career Gert Mortensen also has done a number of television and radio perfomances in most of Europe, USA, Japan and Australia.

Gert Mortensens repertoire encompasses the greatest works for percussion in the twentieth and twentyfirst century. His recitals are impressive "one-man-shows"; a fascinating display of instruments from all over the globe. the variety of instruments along with his musical expression, body language, movement and rythm, create the process which one critic has called "art ceated from the liberation of natural energy in a spectrum of primordial force, ecstacy, mysticism, meditation and the explosion of life..."