SilentMovie.eu is A biography of an Austrian silent movie pianist.
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www.silentmovie.eu - Gerhard Gruber Silent Movie Pianist
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Excerpted from the website:
- He doesn’t wear a Viennese medal of honor, nor does he create a commotion in the parliament and cause guessing games like Michael Jackson. Gerhard Gruber, composer and musician (“the piano player” as I know him), comes from the barren landscape of
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 about 400 different films (Viennale 1999-2004, Tokyo 2006/ 2007/ 2008, Hobart/ Australia, Rotorua/ New Zealand 2008, Padova, Motovun Film Festival, Cineconcerts Bordeaux 2005, 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.`
