Bernd Purkrabek (born 1982) is an Austrian lighting designer working at major opera houses.
Purkrabek first received a polytechnic degree in Graz, then studied audio-visual media and photography.
Thereafter he went to Munich to study light design at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München (University of Music and Performing Arts).
He trained his skills as an assistant to Reinhard Traub and Asa Frankenberg before starting to work on his own in 2009.
Since then he has worked for major opera houses such as Deutsche Oper Berlin, Royal Swedish Opera, De Nederlandse Opera, Grand Théâtre de Genève and Teatro Real in Madrid, as well as at the Glyndebourne Festival.