Career
As accompanist for silent movies he has become the leading authority in Austria since 1988. He has performed for about 450 different films (Los Angeles 2012, Mumbai-Pune 2012, Washington-Los Angeles 2011, Delhi-Pune-Goa/India 2011, Tokyo 2006/2007/2008, Hobart/Australia 2007-2009, Rotorua/New Zealand 2008/2010, Padova, Motovun Film Festival 2007, Cineconcerts Bordeaux 2005, Filmfestival Pisek/Canal Zone 2008/2011, Filmfestival Uherske Hradiste 2009/2011, Viennale 1999-2004/2012, Munich, Hamburg, Diagonale). He composed the music for Café Elektric.
Since 1983 Gerhard Gruber is 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"
Gruber was awarded the Nestroy-Theaterpreis in 2006 and the Bühnenkunstpreis des Landes Oberösterreich in 2008.
Metropolis
Das Cabinet des Doctor Caligari
Nanook of the North
Café Elektric
Intolerance
Pandoras Box
Die freudlose Gasse
Broken Blossoms
Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens
Die weiße Hölle vom Piz Palü
Die Sklavenkönigin
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/ Aeronautical Theatre 2012
Pune-Mumbai/ 2nd India Silent Movie Tour 2012
Washington-Los Angeles/ United States of America 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/Canal Zone 2009/2011
Silent Movie at Amici della musica di Padova 2008
Cinéconcerts Bordeaux 2005
Breitenseer Lichtspiele Wien
Viennale
Metrokino / Filmarchiv Austria
Österreichisches Filmmuseum
Filmmuseum München
Diagonale
Prater Filmfestival 2005/2006.