Alexey Sysoev

Alexey Sysoev is a Russian composer, pianist and improviser born in Moscow in 1972. He studied at the Moscow College of Improvised Music and later at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, developing parallel activities in contemporary composition, electronic music and improvised performance.

His works have been performed by contemporary-music ensembles and at festivals including the Darmstadt Summer Course, Gaudeamus and the Venice Biennale. As an improviser he has collaborated with musicians from the international experimental scene, among them Toshimaru Nakamura. Creative Sources documents him on It Don't Mean a Thing (CS269) and Universal Vitamin (CS645), extending his catalogue across live electronics, keyboards and open-form music.