Tectonics Glasgow 2026

Tectonics 2026

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Tectonics 2026: All Events

  • Sun 3 May 2026

    • 20:00
      City Halls

      Ilan Volkov conducts the second of two evening concerts with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Sunday's concert features two world premieres and BBC commissions by Nicole Mitchell and Martin Smolka, plus a UK premiere by Naomi Pinnock.

      Ilan Volkov conducts the second of two evening concerts with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Sunday's concert features two world premieres and BBC commissions by Nicole Mitchell and Martin Smolka, plus a UK premiere by Naomi Pinnock.

      Programme

          • I put lines down and wipe them away(UK Premiere)
          • Until time takes back its gift(7 pieces for orchestra) World premiere, BBC commission
            • interval
            • Clues from the Rippling of Space-Time(World Premiere, BBC Commission)

        Performers

      • 19:00
        City Halls

        Discover the artists and music from Day 2 of Tectonics with BBC Radio 3’s Kate Molleson.

      • 17:30
        City Halls

        Created in collaboration with GBSR Duo (percussionist George Barton & pianist Siwan Rhys), Oliver Leith's 'good day good day bad day bad day' is a tender look at the simultaneously debilitating and beautiful irrationalities of our everyday lives.

        Created in collaboration with GBSR Duo (percussionist George Barton & pianist Siwan Rhys), Oliver Leith's 'good day good day bad day bad day' is a tender look at the simultaneously debilitating and beautiful irrationalities of our everyday lives.

        Programme

        Performers

        Composers

      • 16:30
        City Halls

        The music of Saint Abdullah (the moniker of Iranian-Canadian brothers Mohammad and Mehdi Mehrabani) is rooted in sonic storytelling that seamlessly blends geo-politics, religion and social behaviour.

      • 15:30
        City Halls

        Flutist Nicole Mitchell and pianist Craig Taborn reunite as a duo after 20 years of collaboration. Inspired by Cecil Taylor and Eric Dolphy, they create spontaneous, exploratory music blending extended piano, flute, and electronic textures.

      • 14:00
        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.

        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

    • Sat 2 May 2026

      • 21:30
        City 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.

        TECTONICS: Callie Rose Petal (ⁿᵒᵗBorges)
      • 20:00
        City 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

          TECTONICS: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra 1
        • 19:00
          City Halls

          Discover the artists and music from Day 1 of Tectonics with BBC Radio 3’s Kate Molleson.

          TECTONICS: Meet The Artists - Day 1
        • 18:25
          City 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'.

          Programme

          Performers

          Composers

          TECTONICS: BBC SSO Strings play Hannah Kendall
        • 17:30
          City 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).

          TECTONICS: Danielle Price
        • 16:30
          City 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.

          TECTONICS: Craig Taborn
        • 15:30
          City 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.

          TECTONICS: Angélica Castelló
        • 14:00
          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.

          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

          TECTONICS: Recital Room Installation - Frédéric Le Junter