Who is Alexander Kotov?
Alexander Kotov is a Senior Technical Director and Lighting Designer based in Dubai, UAE, with over 20 years of experience delivering large-scale concerts, festivals, ceremonies, and broadcast events across the Middle East, Europe, and internationally. He is Founder and Director of Cueline Event Management LLC and founder of Lumatrack, a performer-tracking technology company.
What does Alexander Kotov specialise in?
Lighting systems architecture, show-control networks, and mission-critical AV infrastructure for large-scale live events. Technical expertise covers GrandMA3/GrandMA2 ecosystems, redundant fiber ring topologies, VLAN-segregated networks, sACN/MA-Net/AV-over-IP protocols, performer tracking via Follow-Me systems, and pre-visualisation using Depence and Vectorworks.
What major shows has he worked on?
- Burj Khalifa New Year’s Eve 2026 (Emaar, Dubai) — Lighting Systems Tech, Network Architecture
- MDLBeast Soundstorm 2022–2024 (Riyadh) — Environmental Lighting Systems Lead
- Sindalah Island Opening, NEOM — Lighting & Technical Systems
- Spanish Supercopa 2025 (Jeddah) — Technical Systems & Lighting
- Dubai World Cup 2024 & 2025 (Meydan Racecourse) — Lighting Systems & Show Control
- SeaWorld Abu Dhabi Opening — Technical Systems & Lighting
- BlackPink “Born Pink” World Tour — Abu Dhabi
- Azimuth Festival 2024 (Al-Ula, Saudi Arabia)
Full credits on the Projects page.
Where is he based?
Dubai, UAE. He works across the GCC — Saudi Arabia, UAE, and the wider Middle East — and coordinates regularly with international touring productions and European creative teams.
What lighting consoles and tools does he use?
Lighting control: GrandMA3, GrandMA2, Chamsys MagicQ
Networks: Luminex, Cisco, Mikrotik, VLAN, fiber ring topologies, sACN, MA-Net, AV-over-IP, NDI
Pre-visualisation: Depence, Vectorworks, Capture, Unreal Engine, TouchDesigner
Performer tracking: Follow-Me 3D systems
Monitoring: Wireshark, Araneo, Zabbix