Artist
Alexander Markvart
Musician, Organiser
Alexander Markvart (b. 1987, Kemerovo) is a Berlin-based musician, theatre performer and organiser of concerts and festivals, and a notable figure in Russia's new improvised and experimental music scenes. He founded the polystylistic ensembles Studio of Unconscious Music (SUM) and Siberian Improvisation Company (SIC!), and over the years has played in Sacrifices, Verevka, Radical Muzak Septet, MITLO, Klub Demboh, Inorganic Blossoming, PSVSV, Cherubs, Importunate Twins, Sekta Phoenix and RAFGAK, among others, with musicians from all over the world. Since 2011 he has toured Europe, Russia and the USA and appeared at international festivals.
He has organised festivals and concerts in Siberia, St Petersburg and Berlin, most notably the multidisciplinary Theses Fest, edits vovne.art, and ran venues in St Petersburg including Folly Bar, Art-Farm 36 and F5 / Noisegraph. Since 2018 he has been the artistic director of PAS Berlin (Petersburg Art Space Berlin), home of our Confronting Noises series.
