Mehta, who was born in Mumbai and later trained in Vienna, will, for the first time, conduct the Symphony Orchestra of India, the country's first and only professional orchestra
Zubin Mehta isn’t a big fan of the changing face of Mumbai. “My city has changed a lot, and I don’t like any of that,” says the venerated conductor who grew up in Cuffe Parade in the 1940s.
But Mehta isn’t bitter about it either. “What can you do?” says the 87-year-old who now lives in Los Angeles with his wife, former actor Nancy Kovack, in a villa that was once owned by Steve McQueen. “When I was here, there were two and a half million people, now there are 18 million. That's the way all cities change, and you can’t just criticise.”