- “one of the most brilliant pianists of the contemporary repertoire” The Sunday Times
Recent and Upcoming Performances
Plans for Future Operas
Musiikin aika Time of Music
21:00, Wednesday 2 July 2025
Viitasaari Areena
Urheilutie 9
44500 Viitasaari
Finland
| Øyvind Torvund | Plans for Future Operas | 202250 |
About Listening
Musiikin aika Time of Music
19:30, Saturday 5 July 2025
Viitasaari Theatre
Koulukuja 8
44500 Viitasaari
Finland
Matthew Shlomowitz (external link), lecturer, Anna-Sofia Anttonen, saxophone, Mark Knoop, synthesizer.
| Matthew Shlomowitz | Lecture about Listening to Music | 201732 |
Playground
Plus-Minus Ensemble
Music we’d like to hear
19:30, Friday 11 July 2025
St Mary at Hill (external link)
Lovat Lane
EC3R 8EE London
United Kingdom
Two premieres from American legend John McGuire, an exquisite recent sextet and a crystalline piano solo. Programme also includes the UK premiere of a delicate late work from Alvin Lucier (external link), realised by bassoonist Dafne Vicente Sandoval, and sculptural miniature works by American visionary Laura Steenberge, inspired by Emily Dickinson's envelope poems.
| John McGuire | Twelve Circles | 2022-24*12 |
| John McGuire | Playground | 2016-20*16 |
MenCon
18:30, Wednesday 24 September 2025
The Lab
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR Birmingham
United Kingdom
MenCon is a radical reinterpretation of the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto Op.64, wherein the solo part remains completely intact (realised by violinist Chihiro Ono), and the orchestral parts are reinterpreted and recomposed by a chamber orchestra of creative musicians from a variety of disciplines and backgrounds, led by composer Neil Luck (external link).
| Neil Luck and Chihiro Ono | MenCon | 1845/202230 |
Where the Paths End
Plus-Minus Ensemble
20:00, Wednesday 1 October 2025
Whelan’s Main Room
25 Wexford St
D01 H527 Dublin
Ireland
Plus-Minus Ensemble make their Dublin debut together with special guest Ultan O’Brien.
| Jessie Marino | Seahorses | 202310 |
| Seán Clancy | Where the Paths End | 202330 |
| Bernhard Lang | DW23: ...Loops for Dr. X | 201320 |
Mappings
Plus-Minus Ensemble
20:30, Monday 12 January 2026
Cafe OTO (external link)
18-22 Ashwin St, Dalston
E8 3DL London
United Kingdom
| Mads Emil Dreyer | Miniature 1 | 202115 |
| Joanna Bailie | Roll Call | 201816 |
| Andrea Balency-Béarn | Mappings (El Mapa No Es el Territorio) | 2025*30 |
Only birds
Plus-Minus Ensemble
20:30, Tuesday 13 January 2026
Cafe OTO (external link)
18-22 Ashwin St, Dalston
E8 3DL London
United Kingdom
| Maddie Ashman | otherworld | 2025‡17 |
| Kaj Duncan David | Only the birds know how to call the sun and they do it every morning | 202460 |
Covers
Plus-Minus Ensemble
20:30, Wednesday 14 January 2026
Cafe OTO (external link)
18-22 Ashwin St, Dalston
E8 3DL London
United Kingdom
| Crawford Seeger/Alex Hills | Andante and Presto no longer for String Quartet | 1931/2025*10 |
| Julián Carrillo/Natacha Diels | Adrift | 1922/202510 |
| György Ligeti/Tom Pauwels | After Atmosphéres | 1961/20099 |
| Boulanger/Matthew Shlomowitz | Nocturne | 1911/20256 |
| Georges Antheil/Ben Oliver | Piano Sonata No.2 The Airplane | 1921/2025*12 |
| Hildegaard Knef/Lisa Streich | new work | 2025*8 |
Sostenuto
Plus-Minus Ensemble
EXMO
19:00, Tuesday 27 January 2026
St John’s College
St Giles
OX1 3JP Oxford
United Kingdom
| Joanna Bailie | Roll Call | 201816 |
| Bernhard Lang | Game 542 | 20208 |
| Liza Lim | Inguz | 1996 |
| Helmut Lachenmann | Allegro sostenuto | 1986-8835 |
Songs and sostenuto
Plus-Minus Ensemble
19:00, Tuesday 17 March 2026
Deptford Town Hall (external link)
288-300 New Cross Road
SE14 6AF London
United Kingdom
| Helmut Lachenmann | Allegro sostenuto | 1986-8835 |
| Walshe, Ives and Shlomowitz | assorted songs |
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