Anthony Pateras (b. 1979, Naarm/Melbourne) is an Australian composer, pianist and electronic musician. His solo practice spans modern classical works, acousmatic diffusion, free improvisation, film soundtrack, psychoacoustic experiments, prepared piano and various mutations of electronica.

Performing hundreds of concerts worldwide, Pateras has collaborated in the Pateras/Baxter/Brown & North of North trios, the piano-drums grindcore duo PIVIXKI, the hip-hop quartet Beta Erko and the experimental rock bands Sulla Lingua and tētēma.

He has also recorded with avant-metal icons (Mike Patton, Stephen O’Malley), worked with major orchestras (Los Angeles Philharmonic, BBC Symphony), performed with free jazz legends (Paul Lovens, Han Bennink), soundtracked distinguished writers (Sylvère Lotringer, Christos Tsiolkas), sculpted musique concrète (Jérôme Noetinger, Valerio Tricoli), sonofied visual artworks (Slave Pianos, Yves Netzhammer) & composed for string virtuosi (Richard Tognetti, Erkki Veltheim).

Completing a PhD in 2008, he’s written for leading modern classical ensembles and avant-garde musicians, composing a 90+ catalogue of pieces which combine instruments, electronics, improvisation and notation in idiosyncratic ways.

Pateras has over 50 releases on labels including Tzadik, Editions Mego, Ipecac, Another Timbre, Futura Resistenza, Shelter Press, Cave 12, Improved Sequence and from 2012-19 produced & edited his own Immediata text/music project. He has also guested on albums by Fennesz, Oren Ambarchi and Sunn O))).

Anthony has lived in Melbourne, Perth, Brussels, Sydney, Berlin, Stuttgart & Vevey, and is now based in Castlemaine, Australia.