Ilan Volkov conducts the BBC SSO, with performances of works by Jack Sheen, Carola Bauckholt, Charles Uzor & Mirela Ivičević.

Join BBC Radio 3 presenter Kate Molleson for insights into Day 1 of Tectonics, offering a chance to meet artists and explore their music performances.

**This performance in the Recital Room will have performances throughout the weekend. Due to limited capacity, you must reserve a separate free ticket from the box office for the performance.

Ka Baird, a New York-based artist, presents an extended solo version of "Bearings: Soundtracks for the Bardos," blending theatricality, spirituality, and minimalism in a cosmic journey exploring life and death cycles.

Yaron Deutsch, founder of Ensemble Nikel, merges electric and acoustic sounds. A guitarist with Klangforum Wien and Ensemble Musikfabrik, he's featured in Pierluigi Billone's 2012 composition.

Avant-garde artist Koichi Makigami leads Hikashu, a longstanding Japanese underground band. Collaborating with Roger Turner, they explore ancient and modern musical elements.

**This performance in the Recital Room will have performances throughout the weekend. Due to limited capacity, you must reserve a separate free ticket from the box office for the performance.

Belfast-born composer Brian Irvine creates a unique musical realm, blending spontaneity and structure. He forms The Imaginary Orchestra, welcoming all with a sense of adventure for a collaborative, vibrant musical experience.

**This performance in the Recital Room will have performances throughout the weekend. Due to limited capacity, you must reserve a separate free ticket from the box office for the performance.

Ilan Volkov conducts the BBC SSO, with performances of works by Marc Yeats, Salvatore Sciarrino, Mariam Rezaei & Matthew Shlomowitz.

**This performance in the Recital Room will have performances throughout the weekend. Due to limited capacity, you must reserve a separate free ticket from the box office for the performance.

Your chance to meet and hear about some of the artists and music performed in Day 1 of Tectonics.

Elaine Mitchener, “the UK’s boldest operatic voice” (The Guardian), is an experimental vocalist, movement artist and composer whose work encompasses improvisation, contemporary music theatre and performance art.

Live improvisation by Baltimore-born Marlo De Lara and Edinburgh-based Euan Currie.

Recorder player, improviser and sound-worker Yamada shares time and space with audiences, air becomes sound material by exploring, deepening and refining it using playing techniques developed by herself.

**This performance in the Recital Room will have performances throughout the weekend. Due to limited capacity, you must reserve a separate free ticket from the box office for the performance.

Norway-based duo Sarah-Jane Summers (fiddle) & Juhani Silvola (guitar) combine Scottish traditional music from the Highlands with influences from Scandinavian traditions and experimental music with the BBC SSO.

**This performance in the Recital Room will have performances throughout the weekend. Due to limited capacity, you must reserve a separate free ticket from the box office for the performance.