Gerhard Gruber


Gerhard Gruber 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.
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"

Awards

Gruber was awarded the Nestroy Theatre Prize in 2006 and the Bühnenkunstpreis des Landes Oberösterreich in 2008.

Performances for Silent Movies (out of 600)

, 2007