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Tectonics 2026 Artist Profile

Lore Amenabar Larra帽aga

Lore Amenabar Larrañaga is a musician based in London. She completed both her Bachelor and Master studies at the Sibelius Academy, University of the Arts Helsinki, with Prof Matti Rantanen, Dr Mika Väyrynen, and Dr Veli Kujala, graduating with first-class honours. She has also completed a PhD at the Royal Academy of Music in London, kindly supported by ‘La Caixa Foundation’. Currently, she works as an Academic Music teacher at the Yehudi Menuhin School, in the UK.

An accomplished performer across styles – from folk music to the classical canon – Lore is especially passionate about artistic collaboration and performing new music. She has given the debut performances of鈥疭he Keeps Walking Over Paper鈥痓y Claudia Molitor (London 2020) and鈥疷nbroken鈥痓y Howard Skempton (London 2021), and while studying in Helsinki, premièred鈥疐innish Suite鈥痓y Matti Murto (Ikaalinen 2017). After winning the Juventudes Musicales de España competition, she gave a series of solo concerts in 2018 as a tour across Spain.

鈥婰ore has also developed a new musical instrument: the Quarter-Tone Accordion. On this instrument, she has premièred pieces by Michael Finnissy, Electra Perivolaris, Christopher Fox, and Mioko Yokoyama among others, all featured in an album titled鈥疘SPILU, released in 2023.

Tectonics Glasgow 2026
Sat 2 May 2026, 8.00pm - Grand Hall
Christopher Fox's Minding the hive (for quartertone accordion and orchestra)
World Premiere, 91福利社 Commission