Matthew Shlomowitz is a London based composer, raised in Adelaide, Australia. He co-directs Plus Minus Ensemble and Soundmaking podcast, and teaches at University of Southampton. As winner of the Johann Joseph Fux Opera Composition, his opera “Electric Dreams” was staged at 2017 ORF musikprotokoll, with a second production in 2023 at Grand Théâtre de Genève. Other recent pieces include “Glücklich, Glücklich, Freude, Freude”, written for keyboardist Mark Knoop and the SWR Symphonieorchester premiered at 2019 Donaueschinger Musiktage, and co-composed works with composer/singer Jennifer Walshe for Ensemble Nikel, and with composer/turntablist Mariam Rezaei for turntables and orchestra. An album featuring his “Explorations in Polytonality and Other Musical Wonders”, volumes 2 (for three recorders) and 4 (for synth pop band) has recently been released on Carrier Records.
As of: November 2024