South Asian Symphony Orchestra returns with a diverse ensemble

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The South Asian Symphony Orchestra (SASO) returned to Chennai for the 2nd clip connected Sunday, performing astatine the M.S. Subbulakshmi Arangam connected the Asian College of Journalism (ACJ) campus.

Before the lawsuit began, SASO offered an invocation with Maithreem Bhajatha, which was sung by M.S. Subbulakshmi astatine the United Nations. Alvin Arumugam past conducted Mozart’s Symphony No. 40, fashionable opera excerpts, a tribute to Raj Kapoor specially orchestrated by Nipun Bhatnagar, and a nottuswara.

The orchestra included musicians from the United States, the United Kingdom, Singapore, Uzbekistan, Thailand, and Japan. It besides featured the MMA choir from Chennai.

The lawsuit was a collaboration betwixt the South Asian Symphony Foundation and the ACJ.

“When our musicians travel together, thing singular happens — they bring with them their ain philharmonic histories, accents, sensibilities, some successful rehearsal and successful performance, wherever they respire unneurotic and make harmony without erasing individuality,” said Nirupama Rao, founder-trustee of the Foundation.

Ms. Rao added that bringing unneurotic the euphony of Mozart and Raj Kapoor was an effort to observe music, with the purpose of transcending borders. “Our ngo is to bring unneurotic artists from antithetic countries, and we privation to cultivate the creation of listening, which is not well-practised successful today’s world,” she added.

Gopalkrishna Gandhi, erstwhile Governor of West Bengal, was the main guest. 

Published - December 01, 2025 12:13 americium IST

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