Tectonics 2026 Events
Sat 2 May 2026
- 17:30City Halls
Danielle Price is a Scottish tuba artist and improviser, described as a âmagician-musician, whose dexterity, courage and playfulness on the tuba is breathtakingâ (Aby Vulliamy).
- 18:25City Halls
Hannah Kendallâs music is âsearingly impactfulâ (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 Kendallâs music is âsearingly impactfulâ (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 3âs 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.
