Horváth Hunor

Date of Birth:

March 4, 1986

Place of Birth:

• Sfântu Gheorghe, Covasna County, Romania

Citizenship: Romanian, German, and Hungarian

Studies: 

• 2006–2011: Film and Theatre Directing Program, Athanor Academy of Performing Arts, Germany

Main field: Theatre

Secondary fields: Film, Multimedia, and Theatre Technology

State-recognized diploma in Theatre and Film Directing

• October 2011 – February 2015: Bern University of the Arts, Switzerland – Theatre Department

MA in Scenic Arts Practice

Specialization: Directing, Performative Arts, and Media Arts

February 2015: Master’s degree diploma

Complementary studies:

Universität Basel, SKM (Cultural Management)

• 2012–2013: DAS – Reflexive Cultural Management
• 2013–2014: CAS – Cultural Policy and Cultural Law
• 2014–2015: CAS – Innovation and Change – Strategic Cultural Management
• 2020–2021: CAS – Digital Cultures
• 2021–2022: MAS – Culture and Cultural Project Management

Professional experience:

• 2011–2015: Bern University of the Arts, Theatre Department – Theatre, Multimedia, and Cultural Project Management
• 2015–2019: Athanor Academy of Performing Arts (Passau) – Director and Lecturer – Manager, Head of Studies
• 2019–2025: “Radu Stanca” National Theatre Sibiu, German Department – Director
• Commissioner for International Relations of the Sibiu International Theatre Festival (FITS)
• 2022–2023: Visiting Lecturer and Consultant, West University of Timișoara (UVT)

​Artistic activities – Theatre productions:

• 2004 – Autodeconstruction – stage adaptation and collage on the theme of death – Athanor Academy, Germany
• 2006 – Chiozza – by Carlo Goldoni, actor in the production directed by David Esrig – Burghausen, theatre hall
• 2007 – Zehn Zimmer – collage inspired by Botho Strauß’s Big and Small (Groß und Klein) – Cabaret Burghausen
• 2008 – Shakespeares Frauen – collage of female monologues from Shakespeare – Freundlhalle, Burghausen
• 2009 – My Tired Father (Mein müder Vater / Tatăl meu obosit) – by Gellu Naum, assistant director and co-creator of the performance directed by Prof. Dr. David Esrig
• 2009 – Apolodor – by Gellu Naum, assistant director and artistic coordinator, project by Ada Milea
• 2010 – Nachtraum – graduation performance, experiment on the theme of death – stage of Raitenhaslach Monastery
• 2011 – As You Like It – William Shakespeare – artistic coordinator, video & light design, and co-director in coproduction with Needcompany (Viviane De Muynck) – Belgium and Switzerland, HKB Bern
• 2012 – Ora Pro Nobis – research performance on interpassivity – Germany: Schwerer Reiter Munich and Theater HochX
• 2013 – Is there a Happening happening? – site-specific performance – Cluj-Napoca, ZUG Theatre, Romania
• 2014 – Kamaloka – theatrical performance on the theme of transience – tour: Switzerland, Germany and Romania
• 2015 – Keep Calm and Wait for Godot – multimedia performance – tour: Romania, Hungary and Germany
• 2017 – Margarete’s Secret – multimedia theatre performance inspired by the aesthetics and themes of Witold Gombrowicz – Scharfrichterhaus Theater, Germany (Passau)
• 2018 – About Me – performance with the graduating students of the Athanor Academy – Municipal Theatre, Passau
• 2019 – About Us – performance with the graduating students of the Athanor Academy – Redoute Theatre, Passau
• 2020 – Quartet – Heiner Müller – Radu Stanca National Theatre, Sibiu, Romania
• 2021 – Bookpink – Caren Jeß – Radu Stanca National Theatre, Sibiu, Romania
• 2022 – The Maids (Les Bonnes / Cameristele) – Jean Genet – Radu Stanca National Theatre, Sibiu – (invited to FNT2023)
• 2023 – Her Sister (Sora sa) – Lot Vekemans – Radu Stanca National Theatre, Sibiu – (invited to the Chișinău National Festival)
• 2023 – Woyzeck – Georg Büchner – Radu Stanca National Theatre, Sibiu, nominated for the UNITER Award for Best Direction; awarded Best Light Design; Audience Award winner – (invited to FNT2024)
• 2024 – Blood Wedding (Bodas de sangre / Nunta sângeroasă) – Federico García Lorca, winner of the UNITER Award for Best Video Design 2025

Producer and project management

• 2019

Hin und Her – Ödön von Horváth; Directed by Alexander Riemenschneider – Radu Stanca National Theatre, Sibiu
Yvonne, Princess of Burgundy – Witold Gombrowicz; Directed by Botond Nagy – Radu Stanca National Theatre, Sibiu
Some Messages to the Universe (Einige Nachrichten an das All) – Wolfram Lotz; Directed by Josef Maria Krasanowsky – Radu Stanca National Theatre, Sibiu
God of Carnage (Gott des Gemetzels) – Yasmina Reza; Directed by Bogdan Sărătean – TNRS Studio, Sibiu

• 2020

Quartet – Heiner Müller; Directed by Hunor Horváth – TNRS Studio, Sibiu
LIVE – Thomas Perle; Directed by Bobi Pricop – Radu Stanca National Theatre & Scena Digitală
RO.avant:gar.DE – based on poems by Romanian-German avant-garde authors – audio-visual performance

• 2021

The Story of the Panda Bears Told by a Saxophonist Who Has a Girlfriend in Frankfurt – Matei Vișniec; Directed by Ben Pascal – TNRS Studio, Sibiu
you.topia – multimedia dance performance; Choreography: Edith Buttingsrud Pedersen; Directed by Florian von Hoermann

• 2022

ein jedermann – Thomas Perle; Directed by David Paška – Radu Stanca National Theatre, Sibiu
Macbeth – William Shakespeare; Directed by Botond Nagy – Radu Stanca National Theatre, Sibiu
antigone. an requiem – Thomas Köck, after Sophocles; Directed by Florin Vidamski – Radu Stanca National Theatre, Sibiu

• 2023

My People (Die Meinen) – after Maxim Gorky; Directed by Dumitru Acriș – Radu Stanca National Theatre, Sibiu
Carpenter’s Heart – Written and directed by Sarah Brown – in partnership with the Evangelical Cathedral
The Legend of Hamelin, a Possible History of the Saxons; Directed by Andrei and Andreea Grosu – Transylvania Mobile Season

• 2024

A Midsummer Night’s Dream – William Shakespeare; Directed by Florian von Hoermann – Radu Stanca National Theatre, Sibiu
The Trial (Der Prozess) – Franz Kafka; Directed by Botond Nagy – Radu Stanca National Theatre, Sibiu
Stones in His Pockets – Marie Jones; Directed by Daniel Plier – Radu Stanca National Theatre, Sibiu

• 2025

It’s Only the End of the World (Juste la fin du monde) – Jean-Luc Lagarce; Directed by Eugen Jebeleanu – Promenada Mall, Sibiu

Films and visual arts:

• 2004 EuRoPet short film direction concept editing and sound DV
• 2005 Der Misanthrop short film direction concept editing and sound Super8
• 2006 Der Ball collective short film MiniDV
• Seelen Sammler short film idea direction and editing MiniDV
• 2007 Meine Sicht experimental documentary idea and realisation MiniDV
• Kyrill short film and part of the episodic film Telefonzellen HDV
• 2008 SuDoKu documentary exercise MiniDV
• Autodestruktion short film direction concept editing and sound HDV
• 2009 Authentizität trailer realisation and concept HDV
• Das Athanor Experiment documentary realisation HDV
• 2010 Film and multimedia works in the performance Mein müder Vater HD
• 2011 ARTiFictional film essay about life and death HD Video
• 2012 Singing in the Sun short film HD editing and concept
• 2013 Is there a Happening Happening? documentary realisation HD Video

Lighting, multimedia and theatre technology:

2005

Vogel auf dem Leim; improvisation workshop
Waiting for Godot; Samuel Beckett; Director: David Esrig

2006

Directing Workshop; productions by the graduates of Athanor Academy
Chiozza; Carlo Goldoni; Director: David Esrig

2007

Geist der Kriegern; thematic evening of stage combat
Don Quijote; after Miguel de Cervantes; Director: Ada Milea
Rausch und Erwachen; Shakespeare evening
Als Kafka mir entgegenkam; homage and performative reading
Das Leben ist leider kein Freudenhaus; stage collage

2008

Kaltgestellt; Michele Lowe; Director: Judith Kuhnert
Flügelloser Engel Affe ohne Fell; Director: Daniel Christensen
Mein müder Vater; Gellu Naum; Director: David Esrig
Apolodor; sung story after Gellu Naum; Ada Milea
Tagträumer; William Mastrosimone; Director: Philipp Suter

2009

Traumland; homage to Alfred Kubin; with Stephan Limbruer
In die weite Welt; evening of monologues

2010 Tschüss... Punkt. allora!; evening of monologues

2011 Seiltanz – Visionen nach Shakespeare; graduation work

2012

Various projects and theatre evenings; University of the Arts Bern
High Heels; dance performance; Choreography: Cynthia Gonzales

2013

Hommage to Money; Municipal Theatre of Bern; Director: Oded Liedmann
PARK; audio-visual performance; Realisation: Gabrielle Uetz

Training and specialized workshops & mentors

• Interdisciplinary training with an international focus on directing, dramaturgy, performance, multimedia and lighting design, in direct collaboration with renowned European theatre artists and theorists.

• Directing methodology and theatre theory:

In-depth training in directing methodology under Prof. Dr. David Esrig – Germany

Post-dramatic and performative directing concepts with Prof. Dr. Jens Roselt, Viviane De Muynck (Needcompany), Roberto Fratini Serafide, Rimini Protokoll, Gob Squad – Belgium

Project assistant for Claus Peymann at the Sibiu International Theatre Festival

• Dramaturgy, aesthetics and theatre theory:

Foundations of dramaturgy and aesthetics with Ma. Ilse Lauer (Germany)

Theatre avant-garde: Meyerhold, Gordon Craig, Artaud – Prof. Dr. Picon Vallin (France)

Postdramatic theatre – Prof. Dr. Hans-Thies Lehmann (Switzerland)

Production dramaturgy – theory and practice with Mart-Jan Zegers (Switzerland)

Mediality of the arts – Michael Harenberg (Switzerland)

Individuation and myth in the scenic context, after C. G. Jung – Norbert Servos (Switzerland)

Introduction to theatre dialectics – Bernd Stegemann (Switzerland)

Interpassivity and ideological critique – Prof. Dr. Robert Pfaller (Austria)

Condensation through omission – workshop with Volker Gerling (Germany)

• Scenography, light, multimedia:

Technical training in scenography and stage construction with Gerhard Zahn (Germany)

Lighting design and lighting technology with Gerald Karlikow (France)

Multimedia and performative projects with Gabrielle Uetz, She She Pop, Nils Torpus, Rimini Protokoll, etc. (Switzerland)

• Movement, body expression, performance:

Russian avant-garde biomechanics – Alexej Lewinsky and Rainer Dobernig (Austria)

Mime corporel & mask work after Etienne Decroux – Yves Marc (France)

Clowning & physical expressivity after Jacques Lecoq – Walter Anichhofer (Austria/Germany)

Voice and body training – Prof. He Yan (Moscow), Hans Echnaton Schano, Jean Martim Roy, Ivo Dimchev (Bulgaria)

“Whirlpool” body workshop – François Chaignaud (France)

“Shakespeare’s Sonnets” workshop and presentation – Laurent Chétouane (Netherlands)

• Music and sound experiment:

Sound research in theatre and stage compositions with Ada Milea (Romania)

Participation in the interdisciplinary project ARTiFictional – filmic and musical essay on life and death (Romania)

• Film, video and multimedia art:

Camera, film technique and post-production – Achim Bieler, Tobias Frühmorgen, Fabian Hentzen & Susanne Minke (Germany)

Theory of modern film – Jan Schmidt-Garre (Berlin)

Experimental documentary – Gudrun Sommer (Germany)

Own works integrated into multimedia performances: Mein müder Vater, PARK, Is there a Happening happening? (Switzerland)

• International workshops & special projects:

Participation in the International Butoh Summer Academy – Schloss Bröllin (Germany) with: Yumiko Yoshioka, Atsushi Takenouchi, Taketeru Kudo, Slava Inozemțev, Natsuko Kono, Uiko Watanabe, Eugenia Vargas, Jonathan Martineau, Matilde J. Ciria (Germany)

• Project and production management:

Cultural management and production coordination with Wolfram Heberle (Switzerland), PLASMA Theatergruppe

Participation in artistic development workshops, including: “Backstage – Become the Artist” (Maren Rieger), “Do yourself a favor” (Ivo Dimchev), “100% Zürich” (Rimini Protokoll, Switzerland)

Practice and training internships: 

PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES AND TRAINING INTERNSHIPS IN INTERNATIONAL THEATRE PROJECTS (2007–2010)

• Sibiu, August 27 – September 10, 2007
  “In Search of Existential Theatre – The Romanian Avant-garde”
  – Acting seminar based on texts by Urmuz and Max Blecher
  – Directing assistance, video documentation of the creative process
  – Supported by the EU Leonardo da Vinci Programme & Sibiu – European Capital of Culture

• Bucharest, April 30 – May 17, 2008
  “Shakespeare” Workshop
  – Collaboration with UNATC, ICR, and Athanor Academy
  – Directing assistance, technical coordination, video documentation
  – Active participation in the analysis and interpretation of Shakespeare’s works in a contemporary context

• Sfântu Gheorghe, July 25 – August 24, 2008
  “Gellu Naum” – Scenic Creation Laboratory
  – Directing and technical assistance, video documentation
  – Technical organization of the final performance (lighting, multimedia)

• Burghausen, August 9 – September 8, 2009
  “Paul Celan” Workshop for Professional Actors
  – Assistance in organizing and documenting the seminar
  – Collaboration with Athanor Academy and Romanian Cultural Institute

• Burghausen, July 21, 2009 – premiere
  “Mein Müder Vater” by Gellu Naum
  – Assistant director to Prof. Dr. David Esrig
  – Involvement in lighting, stage technology, multimedia, scenography
  – Supported by the Bavarian Ministry of Culture and the EU Leonardo da Vinci Programme

• Bucharest, April 23 – May 14, 2010
  “Hamlet” Seminar – International Shakespeare Festival
  – Full documentation of festival activities
  – Assistance in organizing workshops for students and young actors

• Burghausen, July 15 – August 13, 2010
  “Paul Celan” Workshop for Professional Actors
  – Directing assistance and technical coordination
  – Monitoring of technical and logistical conditions for rehearsals and productions

Hobbies: movies, theatre, computer technology, DJ and VJ-ing, skiing, horse riding, archery and cooking.