Aki Laurenz Traar

Composer and Music Producer



Stage Productions 

2025 The Doctor, Drama Ljubljana (Slovenia), Directed Martin Kušej
2025 My Friend Harvey, Stadttheater Klagenfurt (Austria), Directed by Mira Stadler 
2024 Much Ado About Nothing, Stadttheater Oberhausen (Germany), Directed by Anne Mulleners
2024 39 Steps, Volkstheater Wien (Austria), Directed by Mira Stadler 
2023 Queen Lear, Stadttheater Ingolstadt (Germany), Directed by Anne Mulleners 
2022 The Doctor, Schauspielhaus Graz (Austria), Directed by Anne Mulleners 
2022 No Exit, Burgtheater Wien (Austria), Directed by Martin Kušej, Played at Young-Theatre Shanghai, Festspiele Bregenz, Festspiele Ludwigshafen, Schauspielhaus Hamburg
2022 Maria Stuart, Burgtheater Wien, Salzburger Festpiele (Austria) Directed by Martin Kušej 
2021 Ich, Ikarus, Vestibül Wien (Austria), Directed by Mechthild Harnischmacher 
2020 Life is a Dream, Burgtheater Wien (Austria), Directed by Martin Kušej
2019 The Battle of Herrmann, Burgtheater Wien (Austria) Directed by Martin Kušej 


Performances and Installations 

2024 Gletscher, Klimabiennale Wien (Austria) Directed by Klemens Hegen 
2023 Landschaft Lesen, Galerie Zarja (Austria) curated by Zdravko Haderlap and Herwig Turk 
2023 Gletscher, Kunsthalle Stuttgart (Germany) Directed by Klemens Hegen 
2023 Never Enough To Say Sorry, Impulstanz Wien (Austria) Directed by Klemens Hegen 
2021 The Look of Sound, Kunstbureau Klagenfurt (Austria) with Jochen Traar 
2019 Bride&Groom, Stadtgalerie Klagenfurt (Austria) with Jochen Traar 


Soundtracks for Films 

2024 Lazy-Eye Directors Reel, Los Angeles (USA) Directed by Carston Donald 
2023 Aya’s Dream, Short-Film, [Awarded Best Film on African Cultural Issues Filmprize at the Lake International Pan-African Filmfestival], Directed by Katalin Hanappi
2020 Wiener Stimmung #11, Vienna (Austria), Burgtheater Wien, Directed by Mechthild Harnischmacher


Music Releases

2024 Perpetuum Mobile, Album, Ashida Park 
2023 Helix Bruise, EP, Self-Released 
2023 The Look of Sound, Music for a Residency, Self-Released
2022 SMV2, EP, Self-Released 


References and Interviews: 

Interview for Struma+Iodine, with Simon Popp
https://strumandiodine.com/article/interview-mit-aki-traar-die-theaterproduktion-ohne-theater/

“Sicherlich bestimmt er [Der Kellner: No Exit] auch den Einsatz der sensiblen Musik (von Aki Traar). Sie baut unwiderstehlich Spannung auf.“ 
Norbert Mayer – Die Presse.