Sergei Nevsky was born in Moscow. He graduated from the Moscow Conservatory's Musical College named after Tchaikovsky in theory and the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK) in composition (Prof. Friedrich Goldman).
He has received commissions from the Stuttgart State Opera, the Berlin State Opera, the SWR Symphonieorchester, the Basel Sinfonietta, the Donaueschinger Musiktage, the Ruhrtriennale, the Eclat, the Wien Modern, Maerzmusik festivals and others. The premiere of the opera Francis took place at the Bolshoi Theater (2012), the premiere of the opera Secondhand-Zeit (Boris) based on texts by Svetlana Alexievich took place at the Stuttgart Opera in February 2020. The premiere of the musical theater "Simple" took place at the Venice Biennale in 2021. He curated the music direction at the Platform project (2011-2012), and the music program of the exhibition "Underground and Improvisation - Alternative Art in Eastern Europe 1968-1994" at the Berlin Academy of Arts (2018), and is currently the curator of the Voices Berlin festival. Member of the Saxon Academy of Arts (Dresden), laureate of the Kunstpreis Berlin 2014.
The works are published by Ricordi Universal Music Publishing.