Sir Karl Jenkins (centre) with violin virtuoso Marat Bisengaliev at a concert. The two will perform together again. Pic/getty images

It's that time of the year when internationally renowned artistes come down to Mumbai with a musical treat for the city. At the ongoing autumn season of the Symphony Orchestra of India (SOI), music aficionados are in not only for renditions of classical compositions by Beethoven, Mozart, Dvorak, Tchaikovsky and Verdi, but will also be the first audience members in the world to hear acclaimed Welsh composer Sir Karl Jenkins perform his latest piece, Alem the Universe, live.