Sergey Khismatov is a composer and multimedia artist whose works have been presented internationally in concert halls, art exhibitions, and film and media festivals. His artistic practice explores the intersections between contemporary composition, spatial sound, media art, and new forms of audiovisual perception. Khismatov is particularly drawn to projects that expand traditional boundaries of musical composition and performance, often creating unique formats designed for specific artistic contexts.
From the beginning of his career, Khismatov has been deeply engaged with the spatial dimension of sound. A decisive influence was his participation in the Stockhausen Courses in 2009, which profoundly shaped his understanding of spatial composition. In the same year, he reconstructed Arseny Avraamov’s legendary Symphony of Industrial Horns, creating a version for eight loudspeakers positioned around the audience in order to recreate the idea of a sounding city. This reconstruction was presented internationally and featured at documenta 14. Since then, spatial sound structures have remained a central focus of his artistic practice.
During the Covid-19 pandemic, Khismatov developed a new audiovisual format called Video Ensemble, extending the principles of spatial composition into the relationship between sound and image. In these works, audiovisual events are reorganized through minimal intervention and experienced as complex spatial structures. From this artistic practice, Khismatov developed the method of Ecological Media Composition (EMC), which is based on preserving the original characteristics and integrity of audiovisual materials as far as possible and understanding them as independent compositional elements.
Alongside his artistic work, Khismatov has extensive experience in organizing and producing cultural projects. He initiated and realized projects including A-Muzik, Signals, Tuono del Cuculo, and the concert series Tax Free, managing complex artistic and logistical processes. His work as an artist and organizer reflects a continuous exploration of new possibilities for sound, audiovisual composition, and contemporary media art.
RESIDENCES AND PRIZES:
2023 Villa Aurora artist-in-residence, LA, USA.
2021 bangaloREsidency, Goethe Institut, India.
2021 Schloss Wiepersdorf artist-in-residence, Germany.
2018 Künstlerdorf Schöppingen artist-in-residence, Germany.
2018 Saxony Working grant, Leipzig, Germany.
2015 DEAC artist-in-residence, Budva-Kotor, Montenegro.
2013 Villa Concordia artist-in-residence, Bamberg, Germany.
2013 Hof Klang artist-in-residence, Leipzig, Germany.
2012 St. Petersburg Culture Award, St. Petersburg, Russia.
COMPOSITION COMPETITIONS:
2023 The third prize of Wolfgang Jacobi Kompositionspreis 2023. Germany.
2015 The first prize of OSSIA competition 2015. NY, USA.
2014 Advocacy Award in Boston Metro Opera. Boston, USA.
2012 The first prize of Hof Klang 2012. Leipzig, Germany.
2012 The second prize of Franz Josef Reinl-Stiftung competition 2012. Vienna, Austria.