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‘We’ll miss you, Zubin’
Updated On: 02 November, 2022 08:09 AM IST | Mumbai | Sukanya Datta
City loses chance to catch maestro in Mumbai as conductor is advised rest
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At the NCPA, the music director was slated to conduct the works of Beethoven, Schubert and Mozart on November 21 and 22. Pic courtesy/NCPA
A happy surprise awaited master conductor Zubin Mehta. If all went according to plan, not only would the maestro be enthralling fans at a concert with the Symphony Orchestra of India (SOI) on November 21 and 22, the cricket nut would have found himself having a fan-boy moment, seated next to master blaster Sachin Tendulkar, at a dinner hosted by childhood buddy and National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) Chairman, Khushroo N Suntook. But it wasn’t meant to be. The concert was called off yesterday after Mehta’s office stated that he had been advised “immediate rest due to exhaustion”.
The 86-year-old maestro’s performance at the NCPA would have marked his return to his city of birth after six long years. On Tuesday, the communication from US-based Mehta’s office, shared by the NCPA, stated: “After an intensive period of obligations in Europe, the US, the United Kingdom, Australia and again Europe with several tours, Maestro Mehta needs to take immediate rest due to exhaustion for the coming three months”. Mehroo Jeejeebhoy, the founder trustee of The Mehli Mehta Music Foundation (MMMF), which was presenting the concert along with the NCPA, shared that Mehta was quite excited about coming back to Mumbai. “But he’s not strong enough right now. His conducting schedule is so punishing; it must take a toll on the body. He’s listening to his doctor for once,” Jeejeebhoy told us, adding, “We hope we can revive this project again because his heart is very much in Mumbai. We won’t look at this as a cancellation but a postponement.”
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