Matthew Shlomowitz (b. 1975) is a composer of concert music and performance pieces. Raised in Adelaide, Australia, he now lives in London. He is Lecturer in Composition at University of Southampton, and co-directs the new music ensemble Plus Minus with Joanna Bailie. Training, from Popular Contexts 5 performed by We Spoke: New Music He has composed works for groups such as asamisimasa, bESIdES, Calefax, Ensemble Offspring, EXAUDI, Ives Ensemble, Nieuw Ensemble, Quatuor Diotima, Ricciotti Ensemble, Speak Percussion, Wespoke New Music Company and extended works for Mark Knoop and Stephane Ginsburgh. He has two ongoing projects: Popular Contexts, a series of pieces that investigate everyday and popular culture (often combining field recordings with instrumental music), and Letter Pieces, which combine physical actions, music and text. He formed the Letter Piece Company with dancer Shila Anaraki and together they created a one hour theatre work, A to Zzz, for five performers that was premièred at Vooruit in Gent in February 2012.
