Every musical composition carries more than just notes. Culture, poetry, experience and myths seep into the compositions through the perspective of its composer. So, when Sahil Vasudeva came upon the idea of reimagining the 150-year old compositions of Isaac Albéniz in an Indian context, it posed new challenges. This new evolution will be part of 2 Indias Ensemble put on by Vasudeva, and backed by the Embassy of Spain in India, at The Royal Opera House this Friday.

“The first part was to learn the music itself,” he tells us. A pianist by training, Vasudeva was first fascinated by Albéniz’s work, Asturias, but had never fully explored his music. It was while performing a show on poet-pianist Federico Garcia Lorca’s work for the Spanish Embassy in February that he was drawn to the century-old composer again. “Lorca was inspired by Albéniz as well,” he tells us.