René Gruss is a composer of powerful and evocative music. Those who have heard his music believe him to be one of the most talented and compelling composers in the world today.

René was born in New Zealand, the land of the long white cloud, in its harbor capital Wellington. His ancestry is a blend of Czech and Greek / Romanian; his father coming from Bohemia and his mother from the coast of the Black Sea. Both his formative years in the new world and his European heritage have been important influences on his artistic development

René’s mother, who was an opera singer, nurtured his musical talent from an early age. He had already become proficient in both violin and piano, when the great violinist and teacher Yehudi Menuhin heard the young teenage violinist play and secured him a place at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. It was there that René’s early love of composing began to blossom and after several years in London, he returned to New Zealand to conclude his formal education with stud