The Score | Bollywood Comes to Lancaster

For many in the audience at the Lancaster Symphony’s “From Bollywood to Concerto” concerts in February, it may have been their first chance to hear music by violinist/composer Lakshminarayana Subramaniam. In addition to his film scores (including Salaam Bombay and Mississippi Masala), Subramaniam is one of the best-known violinists and composers of Indian classical music. At Lancaster’s Fulton Opera House, Music Director Stephen Gunzenhauser led the Lancaster Symphony in Subramaniam’s Jo Tum, Turbulence Symphony, and Global Symphony, and the U.S. premiere of his Isabella Violin Concerto with the composer as soloist. Performers included vocalist Kavita Krishnamurthi Subramaniam, Subramaniam’s wife, and violinist/pianist Ambi Subramaniam, his son. Samplings of Indian food were offered before the concert and during intermission.