# Event Details - **Event Name**: EXMO presents: Plus-Minus Ensemble - **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 27 Jan, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Tue, 27 Jan, 2026 at 08:30 pm - **Event Description**: EXMO is pleased to welcome London-based Plus-Minus Ensemble for an evening of experimental music and live electronics at St John's.About this EventThe legendary new music group Plus-Minus Ensemble make a rare appearance in Oxford to bring us a program featuring the music of Helmut Lachenmann, Liza Lim, Bernhard Lang, and Joanna Bailie. Electronic sounds mix with video and virtuosic instrumental performance, resulting in an evening of experimental music and sound that is not to be missed.Doors will open at 6:30pm and music will start at 7:00pm.---------------------------------------------------------Programme:Joanna Bailie Roll Call Bernhard Lang Game 542 Liza Lim Inguz Helmut Lachenmann Allegro sostenuto Mark Knoop, piano and live electronicsAlice Purton, celloVicky Wright, clarinet/bass clarinet---------------------------------------------------------Plus-Minus Ensemble is a UK based ensemble committed to commissioning new work and placing it alongside recent and landmark modern repertoire. Formed in 2003, Plus-Minus is distinguished by its interest in performative, electroacoustic and conceptual pieces, and experimental open works such as Stockhausen’s 1963 classic, from which the group takes its name. Plus-Minus is directed by Matthew Shlomowitz, Vicky Wright and Mark Knoop.In recent years Plus-Minus has performed at Whelan’s (Dublin), Centro Cultural de Belém (Lisbon), MINU festival (Copenhagen), Archipel (Geneva), and Klangspuren Schwaz in Austria, and in London Cafe Oto, BBC Studios, music we’d like to hear, City University Concerts, ICA and London Contemporary Music Festival.London based pianist and conductor Mark Knoop (piano) is known for his fearless performances and individual interpretations. He has commissioned and premiered countless new works and worked with many respected composers including Michael Finnissy, Joanna Bailie, Bryn Harrison, Johannes Kreidler, Matthew Shlomowitz, and Steven Kazuo Takasugi.Alongside her work with Plus Minus, Alice Purton (cello) is a founder member of Distractfold ensemble, and the Chagall Piano Quartet. She is also a member of Trio Atem, a Manchester-based ensemble who have been commissioning works for cello, voice and flute since 2007, and has recently started collaborating with acclaimed jazz musicians Alice Zawadzki and Alex Roth for a forthcoming album.A founding member of Plus-Minus, Vicky Wright (clarinet) is also a member of the Danish ensemble Scenatet and has worked with the groups Lontano, Expose, Apartment House, Chroma and the Ruysdael Quartet. As a soloist she has performed at the Wigmore Hall, London; the Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York and was one of the ‘flying soloists’ in Birmingham Opera’s award winning production of Stockhausen’s Mittwoch aus Licht. She studied at the Royal Academy of Music, London, where she was awarded numerous prizes and at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam.---------------------------------------------------------This event takes place in the Garden Quad Auditorium at St John's College, Oxford. Enter at the Porter's Lodge and follow the signs through the college.Experimental Music Oxford is a series supported by St John's College at the University of Oxford. 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