Sviatoslav Avilov

Void

2025 — 2026 · Venice Art Night and CaminoControCorrente Festivals
Contemporary opera in collaboration with librettist Leonardo Piana
voices, ensemble, electronics and sound sculptures
composition · conducting · sound production
Contemporary opera in collaboration with librettist Leonardo Piana. Investigating alternative amplified acoustic instruments through custom sound sculptures developed with Lorenzo De Metrio and Giorgio Severin. The second act was premiered at Venice Art Night with visuals by the IndraSync art collective. Selected scenes premiered at the CaminoControCorrente Contemporary Music Festival in 2026 in Camino al Tagliamento.
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Nana Elicona

2022 · Marco Polo Liceo & Ateneo Veneto, Venice
Opera on the text of Venetian writer Gemma Moldi
voices, ensemble, narrator
composition · staging assistance
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La Nave

2023 — 2024 · Marco Polo Liceo, Venice · Villa Contarini
Opera on the text of Venetian writer Gemma Moldi
voices, ensemble, narrator
composition
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What It Means to Be Human

2025 · Molinari Art Center, Rome
Il Sonar
strings, woodwinds, electronics
composition · recording · sound engineering
Dance project by the OMNIA Dance Company themed on Plato's Allegory of the Cave
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choreography, story: Cora Gasparotti|dancers: Silvia Pontecorvi, Chiara Parlati, Elisa Carta Carosi, Alice Cavalieri, Rocio De Castris, Diego Ottaviani|violin, viola, cello: Axelle Bruyne|clarinets: Cristina Scapol|visual design: Jacopo Bianchi, Leonardo Giardi

Il Riso dopo il Pianto

2025 · Palazzo Pisani, Venezia
Dance spectacle Elogio degli Uccelli
solo accordion
composition
Inspired by Giacomo Leopardi's Operette morali
accordion: Massimo Signorini|choreography: Flavia Bucciero|dancers: Alice Covili, Iolanda del Vecchio, Camilla Esposito, Fausto Paparozzi|concept: Riccardo Vaglini|video: Simone Tognarelli|support: Con.Cor.D.A. & Conservatorio di Venezia

Repeating Eutrophia

2019 · Venice
Dance performance and screenings
soundscape · electronics
composition · sound production
Collaboration with the Confluenze collective in a performance commenting on algae eutrophication in the Venetian Lagoon.
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concept and choreography: Collettivo Confluenze|saxophone: Denis Uspensky