{"id":123315,"date":"2025-12-17T18:45:37","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T17:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bgf.rs\/?p=123315"},"modified":"2026-01-05T12:36:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T11:36:07","slug":"press-conference-mehta-and-the-belgrade-philharmonic-together-in-mumbai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bgf.rs\/en\/press-conference-mehta-and-the-belgrade-philharmonic-together-in-mumbai\/","title":{"rendered":"Press Conference: Mehta and the Belgrade Philharmonic Together in Mumbai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Belgrade concert also announced<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Belgrade Philharmonic is getting ready for its upcoming tour of India with the legendary conductor Zubin Mehta, taking place in Mumbai from January 11 to 17, 2026, it was announced yesterday at the press conference held by program editors Asja Radonji\u0107 and Danica Maksimovi\u0107, concertmaster Tijana Milo\u0161evi\u0107 and Jelena Mila\u0161inovi\u0107 the orchestra\u2019s PR manager, who also serves as the creator and producer of a documentary film about Zubin Mehta that will have its world premiere in India.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra has been granted the exceptional honor of being the first orchestra with which the renowned maestro will perform in his native Mumbai in celebration of his 90<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> birthday, which will be marked worldwide throughout 2026. In addition to Vienna, Florence, Berlin, and other major music centers, Mehta has not forgotten Belgrade: the conference also announced a concert with the Belgrade Philharmonic in the Serbian capital, scheduled for October 23, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a deeply symbolic gesture, Mehta will launch the celebration of his jubilee from his hometown, performing together with the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra \u2013 the ensemble that gave him his first professional opportunity back in 1958 in Belgrade. Under his baton, on January 15 and 16, the Belgrade Philharmonic will perform alongside some of the world\u2019s greatest music stars: violinist Pinchas Zukerman and pianist Lang Lang. The orchestra will travel to Mumbai on January 11, where it will rehearse twice daily at the magnificent National Centre for the Performing Arts, in addition to general rehearsals ahead of the concerts on January 15 and 16.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra will present two different programs featuring works by Mozart and Beethoven. For the first time, the orchestra will share the stage with global superstar Lang Lang \u2013 widely regarded as one of the greatest and most virtuosic pianists of today, performing Beethoven\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Emperor<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Piano Concerto. With the living legend violinist Pinchas Zukerman, a close friend of Mehta, the orchestra will perform Mozart\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Violin Concerto No. 5<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, like they did at their recent joint appearance in Belgrade. Mehta\u2019s interpretations of Beethoven\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Third <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Seventh <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">symphonies will crown the Belgrade Philharmonic\u2019s performances in Mumbai.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The concerts in Mumbai are hosted by the Mehli Mehta Foundation, named after Zubin Mehta\u2019s father. The foundation also runs a music school whose students will perform Bart\u00f3k\u2019s <em>Romanian Folk Dances<\/em> alongside musicians of the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra at the opening of the first concert, as their tribute and a gift to Zubin Mehta.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The press conference also announced the premiere of the documentary film <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Da Capo: Zubin Mehta and the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, directed by Boris Miljkovi\u0107. The film will have its international premiere in Mumbai, ahead of the first concert on January 15 at the National Centre for the Performing Arts. Shot during Mehta\u2019s previous visit to Belgrade in October 2024, the documentary explores the deep friendship between the maestro and the Belgrade Philharmonic, told exclusively in Mehta\u2019s own words, as he is the film\u2019s sole narrator. The Belgrade Philharmonic extends its gratitude to the companies that supported the film: Erste Bank, Informatika, Valjaonica bakra Sevojno, the Serbian Chamber of Commerce, and Erste Leasing.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Belgrade concert also announced The Belgrade Philharmonic is getting ready for its upcoming tour of India with the legendary conductor Zubin Mehta, taking place in Mumbai from January 11 to 17, 2026, it was announced yesterday at the press conference held by program editors Asja Radonji\u0107 and Danica Maksimovi\u0107, concertmaster Tijana Milo\u0161evi\u0107 and Jelena Mila\u0161inovi\u0107 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":123307,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[112],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - 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