SOUND PROGRAM ARCHIVE
Sound has been a distinct and continuous part of CYFEST since its early editions. The CYFEST Sound Program focuses on works in which sound is treated as a primary artistic medium, presented through installations, performances, commissions, and listening-based formats. Across different contexts and locations, the programme supports long-term engagement with sound practices, including the presentation of archival works and the development of dedicated sound-related initiatives within the festival framework.
The programme brings together international artists working with experimental electronics, field recording, and live electronic setups. Their practices emphasize live process over fixed form — from algorithmic composition and modular synthesis to electro-mechanical improvisation and sculptural sound. Many build or modify their own instruments, exploring feedback, chance, and the dynamic interplay between performer, machine, and space. What unites them is a shared investigative spirit: sound as both physical material and conceptual inquiry. Each performance unfolds as an act of listening and transformation — precise, risk-taking, and grounded in the immediacy of sonic experience.
CYFEST 17: Thessaloniki
2025-2026
Jaanika Peerna
Hugo Solís
Vito Palumbo, Niki Lada, Francesco Abbrescia
Dafin Antoniadou, Andrey Smirnov
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Maria F. Dolores, Paula Pin (Transnoise)
Eva Duru, Anthy Kyrkou
Anastasia Fiori Metallinou, Tilemachos Moussas
Curated by Sergei Komarov, Lidiia Griaznova, Eirini Papakonstantinou, Domna Gounari
CYFEST: Midpoint
2025
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Purpurniy Dyadya
Sergei Komarov & Lidiia Griaznova
Nikita Bugaev
the concept horse
Yoshio Machida
Curated by Sergei Komarov and Lidiia Griaznova
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CYFEST 16: San Luis Potosí
2025
Sergei Komarov & Lidiia Griaznova
Alexander Bochkov & Matvei Peshkov (stackedplot)
Alexey Grachev
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CYFEST 16: Mexico City
2025
Hugo Solís
Gustavo Matamoros
José Hernández Sánchez
Alexey Grachev and Alexander Bochkov
Curated by Sergei Komarov and Lidiia Griaznova
CYFEST 16: Yerevan
2024
In Memory of Phill Niblock
Katherine Liberovskaya, Phill Niblock
Loré Lixenberg, Nicholas Isherwood
Anna Clementi, Biliana Voutchkova, Davide Aiden Capobianco
Satyarth Mishra Sharma & Robert Poghosyan
Hans Tammen & Shelley Hirsch
Hugo Solís
Thomas Ankersmit
stackedplot
Elina Bolshenkova
broken vows (Alexey Grachev)
Curated by Sergei Komarov, Lidiia Griaznova, Katherine Liberovskaya, Marine Karoyan
CYFEST 15: Yerevan
2023
Sergey Dmitriev
EJTECH (Judit Eszter Kárpáti / Esteban de la Torre)
Gustavo Matamoros
Nao Nishihara
Nikita Prudnikov
Yulia Glukhova
David Watson
Curated by Sergey Komarov
CYFEST 14: Yerevan
2022
Alexander Bochkov
Gray Cake (Alexander Serechenko, Katya Pryanik)
Luca Forcucci
Alexey Grachev
Katherine Liberovskaya
Hayk Karoyi
Sergey Komarov
Phill Niblock
Dmitry Polikarpov
Alexander Serechenko
Anton Shchegolev
Nikita Tsymbal
CYFEST 13: Saint Petersburg
2021
Alexey Grachev
Anastasia Koroleva
Tine Surel Lange
Anne-Sarah Le Meur
Kumiko Omura
Victor Pedersen
Alex Pleninger
Boris Shershenkov
Dmitry Shishov
Andrey Strokov
Hans Tammen
Aleksandr Groznykh
Anton Shchegolev
Curated by Sergey Komarov and Karolin Tampere
CYFEST 12: Saint Petersburg
2019
Girilal Baars
Félicien Goguey & Yann Longchamp
broken vows (Alexey Grachev)
Vassily K
Ensemble kYmatic
KMPST
Kurt Liedwart
David Rosenboom
Wouter Van Veldhoven
Ilia Belorukov
Kazu Yanagi
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CYFEST 11: Saint Petersburg
2018
Avrorin-Galkina-Dmitirev-Lis
Nikita Bugaev
Monica Vlad
Sam Conran
Sergey Kostyrko
Laptop Orchestra
under the baton of Andrey Bundin
Vladimir Rannev
Boris Shershenkov
Ruslan Usipov
CYFEST 10: Saint Petersburg
2017
Nikita Bugaev
Alexey Grachev
Mia Zabelka
Chatschatur Kanajan
Sergey Komarov
Katherine Liberovskaya
Al Margolis
Dmitry Morozov aka ::vtol::
Phill Niblock
Nazar Rakhmanov
Eduard Rakhmanov
St. Petersburg Improvisers Orchestra
Anastasia Tolchneva
Dmitry Shubin
Bred Blondie
Brinstaar
Meow Moon
S A D
Solo Operator
Wolffflow
CYBERFEST 9: Saint Petersburg, New York, London, Moscow
CYBERFEST 8: Berlin
2014
Georgy Bagdasarov
Jonas Gruska
Boris Hegenbart
Kurvenschreiber
Pete Um
Alexandr Zaytsev
CYBERFEST 8: Moscow
2014
Ken Butler
Brinstaar
Stepanov & Dobrovolskiy
Xi Zhuang
CYFEST 7: Berlin
2013
Nick Edwards
Peter Vogel
Hans Tammen
::vtol::
Vlad Dobrovolski
Art Electronix
Pete Um
Jonas Gruska
Yoshio Machada
Vasily Stepanov
Ken Butler
KETEV (Yair Elazar Glotman)
Kurvenschreiber
Ame Zek
Curated by Sergey Komarov and Vlad Dobrovolski
CYBERFEST 6: Saint Petersburg
2012
Paul Amlehn
dropouT
Nick Edwards
Mark Hannesson
Kurvenschreiber
Motor
Alex Pleninger
Quietzone.in
Don Slepian
Laurie Spiegel
Hans Tammen
Pink Twins
top-40
Fernando Velazquez
::vtol::
Roman Ermakov, Ivan Onoprienko
Dmitry Shubin & Nikolay Maevsky & Konstantin Gubenko
CYBERFEST 5: Saint Petersburg
2011
Dorit Chrysler
Group Stone Sea (Vladimir Kitlyar, Dmitry Shubin)
Katherine Liberovskaya & Phill Niblock
CYBERFEST 4: Saint Petersburg
2010
Laure Drogoul
Lydia Kavina & Vladimir Kitlyar & Sasha Zhitinskaya & Dmitriy Shubin & Sergey Teterin
Katherine Liberovskaya & o.blaat / Keiko Uenishi
CYBERFEST 3: Saint Petersburg
2009
Group Asymmetric Answer
Carol Parkinson & Hans Tammen
Dmitriy Shubin
DJ Spooky (Paul D. Miller)
