Tom Pauwels
Guitar
Tom Pauwels (Bornem, Belgium, 1974). Since 2002 he has worked as the guitarist and co-artistic leader for the new music ensemble ICTUS (Brussels). Project-wise, he performs with the Anglo-Belgian octet Plus-Minus. Within the frame of the School of Arts in Gent he has developed an advanced master program with emphasis on contemporary chamber music in collaboration with the Spectra ensemble and Ictus. Since 2010 he has taught guitar at the International Summer Course for New Music in Darmstadt. His broad interest in performance has led to collaborations with choreographers as Xavier Le Roy, Maud Le Pladec and Andros Zins-Browne.
Primož Sukič
Guitar
Paris based Slovenian guitarist, improviser, and composer Primož Sukič was born in Koper, Slovenia in 1986. He studied at the Academy of music in Ljubljana, at the Akademie für Tonkunst Darmstadt, and at the HoGent conservatory Ghent. Along with percussionist Ruben Orio he is a founding member of the Third Guy duo, where the two musicians constantly collaborate with other artists, and explore boundaries between improvisation, and composition as well as music and other artistic media. He is also a founding member of the group Replicant (Paris) which includes guitar, saxophone, and electronics. Their music blends contemporary written scores, improvisatory practices and rock.
Plus-Minus Ensemble is a London based ensemble committed to commissioning new work and placing it alongside recent and landmark modern repertoire.
