NCPA announces Symphony Orchestra of India’s (SOI) Spring 2024 Season – to present world-class orchestral experience for concertgoers

• Internationally acclaimed conductors and soloists will join hands with the resident orchestra for enthralling performances this spring 

The Symphony Orchestra of India (SOI) will present their Spring 2024 Season from 2^nd February to 16^th February at the National Centre for Performing Arts (NCPA). Celebrating the completion of its glorious eighteenth year as the country’s only professional orchestra, the Season will exhibit a wide repertoire for both seasoned concert goers and first-time attendees of Western Classical Music.

The Season will witness the return of acclaimed guest artistes – conductor Martyn Brabbins and pianist Barry Douglas and will also present the India debuts of conductor Gergely Madaras, mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke, and cellist Bryan Cheng. The programme is set to commence with two compositions of Mendelssohn – A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Symphony No. 4 accompanied with Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 1. The second concert will feature Brahms’ Academic Festival Overture, Hungarian folk music in Kodály’s Dances of Galánta and will conclude with Brahms’ Symphony No. 2. The third concert will present Berlioz music from The Trojans swiftly to Berlioz's dreamlike romantic composition - Les nuits d’été (Summer Nights). The Spring 2024 Season will conclude on the 16^th of February with Wagner’s Overture to The Flying Dutchman, Elgar’s Cello Concerto and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 “Pastorale”.

Presenting seamless amalgamation of powerful and poignant melodies, we invite you to experience the magic of western classical music traditions this spring at the NCPA!