Shlomowitz, Matthew
is a London-based composer, raised in Adelaide. Many of his works are grouped into series: Letter Pieces are open score works combining physical action and music; his Popular Contexts pieces combine recognisable recordings with instrumental music; performance-lecture works addressing aesthetic issues, such as Lecture About Bad Music; and a new series titled Explorations in Polytonality and other Musical Wonders. Other works include Electric Dreams, an opera staged at 2017 ORF Musikprotokoll as winner of the Johann Joseph Fux Opera Composition, with a second production in 2023 at Grand Théâtre de Genève; Glücklich, Glücklich, Freude, Freude, written for keyboardist Mark Knoop and the SWR Symphonieorchester and premiered at 2019 Donaueschinger Musiktage; and Minor Characters, a one-hour show written with composer/singer Jennifer Walshe for Ensemble Nikel.
Selected works: The Major Sevenths Medley for four electric guitars (2014), Popular Contexts, Volume 8, five soundscapes for contemporary percussionist for MIDI pads and various acoustic instruments (2015), Electric Dreams, opera (2015), Lecture about Bad Music for lecturer, clarinet, electric guitar, synthesizer and violin (2015), Popular Contexts, Volume 10: Beethoven’s Fourth Symphony in context for flute, synthesizer, violin and cello (2016), Lecture about Listening to Music for lecturer, soprano / tenor saxophone and synthesizer / sampler (2017), Freedom for Notes and Men for speaking accordionist (2018), Glücklich Glücklich Freude Freude for piano and orchestra (2019), Graveyard Slot (with guest appearance) for saxophone, electric guitar, synthesizer and percussion (2019), Hey Hey It’s Tuesday for three percussionists and video (with Laura Spark, 2022), Explorations in Polytonality and other Musical Wonders, Volume 3 for even instruments (2022), Minor Characters for voice, saxophone, electric guitar, synthesizer and percussion (with Jennifer Walshe, 2023), Symphony for clarinet, accordion and percussion (2023), Six Scenes for Turntables and Orchestra for improvising turntablist and orchestra (with Mariam Rezaei, 2023).