Day 1: Evening Concerts

Join us at the Evening Concert for a hybrid telematic orchestra performance with improvising between the zoom orchestra and the room orchestra, with artists from around the world playing with us in real time.

Yasuko Kaneko from Japan will be with us to premiere a new piece for GIOfest: 'Sound of Fireflies' based on one of Japan's most iconic songs, Hotaru no Hikari, which itself has a very distinctive Scottish link!

There will be a short reel of new films, taking us into a new multi media piece from Dehli – produced in collaboration with the Dilli Improvisers Orchestra.

George Burt has created a tribute for the late Susan Alcorn, the innovative pedal steel guitar player and friend of GIO who died earlier this year. The piece will feature a text by the Galician poet Rosalia de Castro, and will reference the total eclipse that will take place over Galicia and central Spain in August 2026.

GIOFest XVII

Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra hosts the internationally acclaimed 2024 edition of their annual festival: GIOFest. This year sees GIOFest XVII bring together artists from around the world, presenting newly commissioned work created especially for GIO’s unique and diverse ensemble.

Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra - one of the world’s leading large improvising ensembles - is the hub of a truly international community of musicians, reflected in the range of works they perform, and in their year-round programme of innovative collaborations with groups and artists from across the world.

The festival will present a series of concerts, workshops, films and discussions, exploring new possibilities for large ensemble performance, improvisation and composition. We will host a live interactive virtual event with artists from around the world.

This year the focus is on our collaborations with partners from South East Asia – Indonesia, Japan and Sri Lanka, with artists and groups from these countries joining us here in Glasgow for GIOfest.

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Festival Passes

Festival passes can be bought here.

Passes grant access to GIOFest's full programme, however you must still book a free ticket for each event you want to attend.