Biography
Matthew Shlomowitz (b. 1975) is a composer of concert music and performance pieces. Raised in Adelaide, Australia, he now lives in London where he lectures at the Foundation of International Education and Syracuse University London Program. He is represented by the New Voices scheme at the BMIC.
He studied at the Sydney Conservatorium with Bozidar Kos, privately with Michael Finnissy, and at Stanford University where Brian Ferneyhough supervised his doctorate.
- Click here to see highlights from recent performances of three Letter Pieces by Shila Anakari and Tomma Wessel at Rational Rec - Bethnal Green Working Men's Club (London).
He co-directs the Anglo/Belgian new music ensemble Plus Minus (with Joanna Bailie), and the monthly inter-art performance series Rational Rec (with Cecilia Wee and Russell Martin) at the Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club. He co-organised (with Laurence Crane) a weekend festival (part of the BMIC's Cutting Edge Series) in September 2006 celebrating the sixtieth birthday of Michael Finnissy.
He has composed works for asamisimasa, Champ D’Action, Duo Vertigo, ELISION, Ensemble Offspring, IXION, Libra Ensemble, Tate Ensemble, Ah! you sitting, comfortably, and had a work selected for the 1999 Gaudeamus Music Week that was performed by the Nieuw Ensemble.
He has an ongoing collaboration with video-artist Rees Archibald (extracts of their work can be seen here) and is currently creating a project with dancer Shila Anaraki.