Romeo Wecks, born in Berlin in 1994, studied composition at the University of Music “Franz Liszt” in Weimar with Michael Obst, Ulrich Kreppein, and Reinhard Wolschina. He then completed postgraduate studies in composition (Konzertexamen) at the University of Music Würzburg under Robert HP Platz. During this period, he also studied ensemble conducting with a focus on contemporary music and received further inspiration in electronic composition from Annesley Black. In 2023, he graduated magna cum laude.
Wecks’ music does not follow a fixed aesthetic. Instead, it unfolds in open, associative sonic spaces. Rooted in a reflective engagement with form, silence, and sound, his compositions often emerge from movement, natural phenomena, or existential inquiry. Central to his work is the tension between structure and dissolution, concentration and openness. Elements of serialism, spectral techniques, and spatial composition are brought into dialogue. His self-developed tonal systems offer a high degree of transparency and invite the listener into a space of attentive perception.
His works have been performed at international festivals including the Weimar Spring Days for Contemporary Music, the Würzburg Days of New Music, the IMPULS Festival Saxony-Anhalt, and B-Classic in Belgium. He has received numerous awards, among them the First Prize at the Sondershausen Composition Competition (2018 and 2021), the Joseph Reinl Prize (Third Prize, Vienna 2018), the KWIDZYN Classical Music Award (Poland 2020), and the Composition Prize of the Kammermusik! Festival Würzburg (2022). For 2024/25, he was awarded a working grant at the Künstlerhof Schreyahn (Lower Saxony).
In summer 2025, he was selected as the only German participant in the International Gugak Workshop at the National Gugak Center in Seoul – a deep encounter with traditional Korean music that opened new perspectives on his own artistic practice.
Romeo Wecks works as a freelance composer, pianist, and conductor.
Since 2024, he has been a regular voting member of GEMA.