born 21 February 1983 in St. Petersburg.
He took post graduate education at European University in St. Petersburg.
2010 - 2012 Sergey attended composition seminars with Moritz Eggert in Munich.
Sergey participated in workshops and open lectures of composers and musicologists such as Boris Filanovsky, Pascal Dusapin, Sandeep Bhagwati, Enno Poppe, Helmut Lachenmann.
Sergey was selected for Villa Concordia artist-in-residence 2013-2014. His chamber opera cycle got Advocacy Award in Boston Metro Opera. He won the first prize in Hof Klang composition competition and was invited in Hof Klang artist-in-residence. In 2012 Sergey got St. Petersburg Culture Award. He is laureate of Franz Josef Reinl-Stiftung, Neue Toene and Musique Bruitiste. Luigi Russolo - Rossana Maggia competitions.
Sergey was finalist of Gaudeamus Music Week 2010, 2011 and 2012. The work Cymbals Quartet was selected for ISCM 2011 in Zagreb. He was the finalist of composers’ competition YouTube with composition The Finale for large orchestra. He has been nominated on Grand Prix in Sergey Kuryokhin’ Prize in the Field of Contemporary Art.
Amoung performers of his pieces are musikFabrik, Slagwerk Den Haag, Tromp percussion, Insomnio, eNsemble, Nostri Temporis, ADEvantgarde, NoName, Kuenstler Ensemble, Big Bang, Russian National Orchestra, ensemble XX century, Next Mushroom Promotion, Fedor Lednev, Alex Nowitz, Matthias Bauer, Boris Filanovsky, Moritz Eggert, Maciej Straburzynski, Johannes Schoellhorn, Feodor Amirov, Roman Yusipey, Sergey Tchirkov, Alexey Glazkov, Zoltan Almachi, Olga Vlasova, Mark Buloshnikov, Anna Korsun.
In 2010 Sergey Khismatov and Lidia Ader organized the cycle of contemporary music concerts Tax Free: territory of young composers in St. Petersburg.
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