The occasion was fitting as exactly 100 years before, Scriabin passed on to the finer realms of harmony. His final opus, Mysterium Magnum, was left unfinished, and his bold designs of a 7-day long, synaesthetic concert in a Himalayan monastery sadly had to be abandoned. This was the first performance of Scriabin’s music ever held at the foothills of the Himalayas, a realisation of his greatest dream over a century after its conception.

The concert took place on the Summer Solstice, June 21st, 2015—a date rich with meaning. The progress of the Sun throughout the year symbolises the process of attaining enlightenment, and Summer Solstice was the final climax of this journey, celebrating the triumph of Light over darkness and the union of self with the divine—motifs of paramount importance to Sciabin’s mystical and musical philosophy.

The programme included Scriabin's greatest works for solo piano as well as three specially arranged Vocalises, the duet arrangement of the First Symphony, Op. 26, and a unique transcription of the magnificent Third Symphony, The Divine Poem for piano four-hands. An interactive light installation based on his unique colour-tonal system brought together sound and vision, with the Monks of Thikse Gompa providing the element of touch and movement alongside an olfactory score of timed scent diffusions by one of France’s most famed perfumers.