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.