Tectonics 2026
Tectonics 2026 Calendar
By Day
Sat 2 May 2026
- 14:00City Halls
French experimental instrument builder Frédéric Le Junter made a strong impression at Tectonics Glasgow’s virtual festival in 2021. Now, he transports his “weird and wonderful musical contraptions” (The Scotsman) to the Recital Room at City Halls.
French experimental instrument builder Frédéric Le Junter made a strong impression at Tectonics Glasgow’s virtual festival in 2021. Now, he transports his “weird and wonderful musical contraptions” (The Scotsman) to the Recital Room at City Halls.
Programme
- Where I Am (part 2)
Performers
Composers
- 15:30City Halls
Angélica Castelló is a composer, recorder player, improviser, sound artist & magnetophonic tape weaver. Her music evokes the beauty and challenge of being alive through electroacoustic spells that summon memory, death, solace, trauma and the subconscious.
- 16:30City Halls
Born in Minnesota, Craig Taborn is a pianist and electronic musician with over 25 years in the jazz, improvisational and creative music scene. His fearless music-making draws across genres to shape a distinct and versatile musical voice.
- 17:30City Halls
Danielle Price is a Scottish tuba artist and improviser, described as a “magician-musician, whose dexterity, courage and playfulness on the tuba is breathtaking” (Aby Vulliamy).
- 18:25City Halls
Hannah Kendall’s music is “searingly impactful” (The New Statesman), bridging musical cultures while both honouring and challenging contemporary traditions. Ilan Volkov conducts '...I may turn to salt', inspired by poet Lemn Sissay's 'Godsell'.
Hannah Kendall’s music is “searingly impactful” (The New Statesman), bridging musical cultures while both honouring and challenging contemporary traditions. Ilan Volkov conducts '...I may turn to salt', inspired by poet Lemn Sissay's 'Godsell'.
- 19:00City Halls
Discover the artists and music from Day 1 of Tectonics with BBC Radio 3’s Kate Molleson.
- 20:00City Halls
Ilan Volkov conducts the first of two evening concerts with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Saturday's concert features a world premiere and BBC Commission by Christopher Fox, plus UK premieres by Laura Bowler and Angélica Castelló.
Ilan Volkov conducts the first of two evening concerts with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Saturday's concert features a world premiere and BBC Commission by Christopher Fox, plus UK premieres by Laura Bowler and Angélica Castelló.
Programme
- Things Are Against UsUK Premiere
- interval
- Star Washers(for orchestra and electronics) (UK Premiere)
- Minding the hive(for quartertone accordion and orchestra) (World Premiere, BBC Commission)
Performers
- Angélica Castellóelectronics
- GBSR Duopiano and percussion
- Laura Bowlervocalist
- Lore Amenabar Larrañagaquarter-tone accordion
- Ilan VolkovConductor
- 21:30City Halls
Callie Rose Petal is a multidisciplinary conceptual artist & semiotician, creator of theory-fiction field (Lexicomythography) comprising language art, ritual composition & software. She confronts the violence of language through the language of violence.
