SOI Autumn 2018 Season: Mozart, Rachmaninoff & Stravinsky

National Centre for the Performing Arts, Mumbai NCPA Marg, Nariman Point, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Zane Dalal, conductor > Alexei Volodin, piano > Mozart: Overture to The Abduction from the Seraglio, K. 384 Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30 Stravinsky: Suite from The Firebird The final concert, conducted by Associate Music Director Zane Dalal, opens with Mozart’s overture to the opera The Abduction from the Seraglio, a story about a Spanish nobleman Belmonte trying to rescue his lover Constanze and servants who were kidnapped by Turkish pirates. Acclaimed for his highly sensitive touch and technical brilliance, […]

Mumbai Piano Day

(approx. 120 mins)   An NCPA Presentation Mumbai Piano Day is back for its third edition, as curated by the NCPA and Louiz Banks. Featuring some of the finest pianists and keyboard players in the country and around the world, covering all genres from jazz to funk to classical, it’s an evening not to be missed.   Box Office: 26th August for Members & 29th August for Public

Amazing Grace

Western Music Concert (90 mins) In association with the Stop-Gaps Cultural Academy The Stop-Gaps Choral Ensemble, back from their goodwill concert tour of London and Northern Ireland, presents a repertoire that enthralled and amazed audiences abroad. The concert will include a Latin jazz mass by Bob Chilcott, performed for the first time in India, classical gems by great composers, African American songs, besides original compositions performed by both the senior and junior choral ensembles of the Stop-Gaps Cultural Academy and […]

TriOpera

Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre Delhi, India

ALESSANDRO DELJAVAN – PIANO

SOTA | Distinguished Artists Series Famed Italian concert pianist Alessandro Deljavan continues the stellar tradition of great performances enlivened by SOTA. This evening is truly enchanting - From the meditative works of Bach to the Waltzes of Chopin. This program will turn a first-timer into a connoisseur and give the seasoned listener a first-hand experience into the greatness of classical piano. The historic city of Hyderabad provides a perfect fit: intimate enough that the Festival would captivate the entire city, […]

Shakuntala

Jamshed Bhabha Theatre, NCPA Mumbai, India

The Unfinished Opera by Franz Schubert (approx. 100 mins) An Austrian Embassy & Jasubhai Foundation Presentation Shakuntala is an unfinished opera in three acts, written in 1820 by Franz Schubert to a libretto by Johann Philipp Neumann. The opera is based on the Sanskrit story of Shakuntala’s love for King Dushyanta and her rejection. In 1789, Kalidas’s Shakuntala was translated by Sir William Jones, reportedly the first Indian play to be translated into a Western language. The famous love story […]

SOI Chamber Orchestra

Experimental Theatre, NCPA Mumbai, India

Evgeny Bushkov, conductor Luiz Gustavo Carvalho, piano Mozart: String Quartet No. 19 “Dissonance”, K.465 (orchestra version) Villa-Lobos: Adagio from Bachiana Brazileira No. 2 Villa-Lobos: Choro No. 7 Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No.1   Box office now Open. Tickets