Biography

Patrick K.-H. (aka Anton Iakhontov) – composer, video- and media-artist, navigating through graphical sound, animation, interactive performances, tangible and spatial sound, multivarious collaborations with contemporary dancers and butoh to graphic collage and acousmatic composition. Along with his creations as a director, he is an author of music / video for over 40 opera / drama / postdramatic theater plays and performances in Europe and USA. He has had his music, video and performances presented in more than 200 festivals and series around the world including Ars Electronica (Linz), ASIFA (Vienna), Club Transmediale (Berlin), MIAF (Melbourne), Symposium iX (Montreal), FIVA (Buenos Aires). Holding several international awards — LÚMEN_EX (Spain), Golden Mask (Ru), Broadway off (USA), etc.

Cum laude diploma of The Humanities Institute of Television and Radio Broadcasting GITR (sound producer, 2009), post graduation in Theremin Centre for Electroacoustic Music of Moscow conservatory (2000-2006), Mag.art. of Digital Art class at Vienna University of Applied Arts (2023). Received composition support from SKE / austro mechana, BMKÖS and Stadt Wien Kultur.

Beyond his art work, he has developed an important activity regarding experimental media-art, particularly spatial sound-art education and gallerism: his SoundArt@GogolFest program (Kyiv, 2010) has been pivotal in engendering sound-art as formal and informal practice in the post-soviet domain. Head of research programs of Media-Studio at the New Stage of Alexandrinsky Theatre, Ru (2013-2022). Organizer / teacher of educational classes and programs — among them Media-performance Lab (MMOMA, Moscow, 2011-2013) and New Media Lab (St.Petersburg, 2015-2022), in 2021-2022 — guest professor (sound-art, spatial sound, electroacoustic composition) in ITMO University, St.Petersburg. Founder and curator of the Floating Sound Gallery (since 2008, currently in Vienna) for spatial sound. Since 2018, he has conducted the “ACOUSMONIUM” international festival.
Since 2013, lives in Vienna and works internationally.