In its 10th year, the Symphony Orchestra of India
continues to make its mark
Mehroo Kotval
"An orchestra is not a national pastime. It is not in service of a nation or a person – it is time honored music and serves the music first,” affirms Zane Dalal, associate music director of the Symphony Orchestra of India (SOI) as we lunch at a restaurant at Nariman Point, neighboring the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA). SOI, housed at and promoted by the NCPA, celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. It gave the city five celebratory concerts with its two resident conductors, music director Marat Bisengaliev and Dalal and one with the British guest conductor Martyn......