Kristian de Leon is a Brooklyn-based composer and visual artist who builds vivid, imaginative work out of the tangled contradictions of being human. Trained in percussion and composition, his practice has grown to include electronics and visual media, moving between intimate acoustic-electric composition and visual design for live performance.

His recent projects include compositions for acoustic-electric ensemble and dynamic lighting, works for creative movement and adaptive fixed media, and real-time visual synthesis for generative electronic music.

Kristian has written for several premiere ensembles and performance artists including JACK Quartet, Bergamot Quartet, and percussionist Lynn Vartan, and has worked closely with organizations including Brooklyn Motion Capture Dance Ensemble, Southern California Marimba, and the CSUF Wind Symphony. Currently, he performs collaboratively with audio-visual duo Blank Aberration and acoustic-electric trio Other Faces (with Dan Langa & Adam Lutz).

Kristian lives in Brooklyn, NY with his obscenely large house cat, Bagel, and holds a Master’s Degree in Music Theory and Composition at NYU Steinhardt.