Gerhard Gruber

Biography

Gerhard Gruber (born 6 May 1951 in Aigen im Mühlkreis) is an Austrian composer and piano player. As accompanist for silent films, he has become the leading authority in Austria since 1988.
He has performed for about 600 different films (Istanbul 2018, Paris, Krasnoyarsk /Siberia, Mexico, Kyiv, Odesa 2017, Los Angeles 2012, Mumbai-Pune 2012, Washington-Los Angeles 2011, Delhi-Pune-Goa/India 2011, Tokyo 2006/2007/2008, Hobart/Australia 2007–09, Rotorua/New Zealand 2008/2010, Padova, Motovun Film Festival 2007, Cineconcerts Bordeaux 2005, Filmfestival Pisek/CZ 2008/2011, Filmfestival Uherske Hradiste 2009/2011, Viennale 1999-2004/2012, Munich, Hamburg, Diagonale).
He composed the music for Café Elektric.
From 1983 until 2011 Gerhard Gruber was working and performing as a composer and musician for theatre.
He was featured in Ilse Aichinger's Subtexte as "the one who first makes each film possible and, at the same time, unnecessary. Those who have seen his hands move on the illuminated keys might even risk forgetting Chaplin"

Performances for silent movies (out of 600)

Broken Blossoms
Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari
Die freudlose Gasse
Die Sklavenkönigin
The White Hell of Pitz Palu
Café Elektric
Intolerance
Metropolis
Nanook of the North
Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens
Pandora's Box

Venues

Toronto York University 2019
Luxembourg 2019
Beijing International Film Festival 2019
Bratislava 2019
Istanbul 2018
Beijing, Shanghai 2017
Krasnoyarsk Siberia 2017
Bratislava 2017
Paris, Fondation Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé 2017
Silent Film Festival Hobart 2017
Ukraine Tour – Kyiv, Odesa, Kharkiv 2016
Mexico City, Querétaro 2016
Filmoteca Valencia 2016
Boston Jewish Film Festival 2016

3rd Students Film Festival of India, Pune 2015
National Film Center Tokyo 2014
Auckland University of Technology 2013
State Cinema Hobart 100th anniversary 2013
Lenin (nuclear icebreaker) – Film music recordings 2013
Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival 2012
Los Angeles American Cinematheque/ Aero Theatre 2012
Pune-Mumbai/ 2nd India Silent Movie Tour 2012
Washington-Los Angeles/ USA Silent Movie Tour 2011
Delhi-Pune-Goa/ India Silent Movie Tour 2011
Silence! Silent Movie Festival Rotorua, Neuseeland 2008
Motovun Film Festival 2007
Jüdisches Filmfestival Wien 2007/2010
Austria Japan Silent Film Duo Project, Tokyo
State Cinema Hobart/ Australien 2007/2008/2010
International Student Film Festival Písek 2008/2011
Filmfestival Uherske Hradiste/CZ 2009/2011
Silent Movie at Amici della musica di Padova 2008
Cinéconcerts Bordeaux 2005
Breitenseer Lichtspiele Wien
Viennale
Metrokino / Filmarchiv Austria
Österreichisches Filmmuseum
Munich Film Archive
Diagonale
Prater Filmfestival 2005/2006

Theatre works (selection)

Das Nibelungenlied – Justus Neumann – 2010
Die 39 Stufen – Schauspielhaus Salzburg – 2010/2011
Hennir – Isabel Karajan – 2009
Bettleroper – Projekttheater Vorarlberg – 2009
How much, Schatzi? – Projekttheater Vorarlberg – 2006
Automatenbüfett – Theater in der Josefstadt Wien – 2004
Der Alpenkönig und der Menschenfeind – Theater in der Josefstadt Wien – 2004
Mann, Frau, Kind – Theater in der Josefstadt Wien – 2003
Das Dschungelbuch – Theater der Jugend Wien – 2002
Der Zerrissene – Volkstheater Wien – 1997
Die letzten Tage der Menschheit – Donaufestival Krems – 1994
Mir soll ins Herz gestochen werden – Theater Narrnkastl Wien – 1985
Mozarella – Zwischen den Zeilen Theater Zürich – 1983