Tectonics 2024 Artist Profile
Matthew Shlomowitz is a London-based composer, raised in Adelaide, Australia. He co-leads Plus Minus Ensemble and the Soundmaking podcast and he teaches at the 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 the 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; "Hey Hey Its Tuesday', a collaboration with video maker Laura Spark for Speak Percussion that premiered in Melbourne in 2021; and "Minor Characters", a one-hour show written with composer/singer Jennifer Walshe for Ensemble Nikel premiered at 2023 Darmstadt Summer Course.
