Let's travel East and discover the multifaceted Indian continent.

As the Echoes of India cycle continues to shake up the Philharmonie this spring, let's meet the female talents who are expected to perform on its stages. In the second part, we explore how the idea of India inspired Western classical composers over the centuries.

Varijashree Venugopal: Nee
Naïssam Jalal: Tears in Dehli’s Fog
Anoushka Shankar: Amrita
Robert Schumann: Das Paradies und die Peri, 18. «Schmücket die Stufen zu Allahs Thron»
Leo Delibes: Lakmé «Qui es-tu? D'où viens-tu?»
Alexander Scriabin: Mysterium
Gustav Holst: Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, 3. Hymn to Vena
Alexander Zemlinky: Lyric Symphony
Olivier Messiaen: Cantéyodjayâ
John Coltrane: India
John Adams: The Dharma at Big Sur, Part I
Ravi Shankar: Concerto for Sitar and Orchestra N° 1, II. Raga Sindhi Bairhavi
A Throw of Dice: extract from the original soundtrack composed by Nishat Khan for the Luxembourg Philharmonic and recorded live from the Philharmonie on 15.10.2025