Gerhard Gruber ist seit 1988 Stummfilmbegleiter am Klavier. In unzähligen Aufführungen hat er seither über 400 verschiedene Filme begleitet (Washington-Los Angeles 2011, Delhi-Pune-Goa 2011, Tokyo 2006-07-08, Hobart 2007-08, Rotorua/NZ 2008, Padua, Bordeaux, Hamburg, München, Wien, Motovun Filmfestival 2007, Int.Student Film Festival Pisek/ CZ u.v.a.) und gilt als der wichtigste Vertreter seines Metiers in Österreich. Gerhard Grubers spezieller Zugang zur Stummfilmbegleitung ist die Improvisation, die er als direkten und immer neuen Dialog mit dem Geschehen auf der Leinwand ansieht. So ist keine Aufführung eines Filmes gleich, er liebt es, sich immer wieder neu von den Filmen verführen zu lassen und diese Verführung an das Publikum weiterzugeben. *** Gerhard Gruber is an Austrian composer and piano player. As accompanist for silent movies he has become the leading authority in Austria since 1988. He has performed for more than 400 different films (Viennale 1999-2004, Tokyo 2006/ 2007/ 2008, Hobart/ Australia, Rotorua/ New Zealand 2008, Cineconcerts Bordeaux 2005, Motovun Filmfestival 2007, Munich, Hamburg, Diagonale). As a basic principle he appreciates improvisation for his work, which he regards as best way of a direct and always new dialogue between the events on the screen, the music and the audience. So no performance resembles the others. Gerhard Gruber likes it to be enticed by the films again and again and to pass on these feelings to the audience. Cit.: ´For me the feeling of being amidst the events of a film story has been undescribable exciting from the first moment and is unchanged until today. This guarantees the liveliness and vibrancy of each performance. It is always the unity of film, music and audience. And thus each presentation is able to be a special experience.` Since 1983 Gerhard Gruber is working and performing as a composer and musician for theatre. *****