Il maestro Zubin Mehta, rientrato a Firenze da Mumbai per dirigere il concerto fuori programma del 21 gennaio al Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, alle domande della stampa italiana e internazionale che ha ricevuto a proposito della cancellazione di tutti i suoi impegni con la Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, risponde ribadendo la sua posizione espressa a Mumbai in una video intervista a “India Today”.
Il maestro dissente con la politica del premier Israeliano Benjamin Netanyahu rispetto alla questione palestinese e per sottolineare il suo punto di vista ha deciso di cancellare i suoi impegni con l’Orchestra che pur ha guidato per 50 anni per tutto il 2026 mentre – specifica il maestro - manterrà il suoi impegni successivi programmati nel corso del 2027.
Maestro Zubin Mehta
reiterates his position regarding the cancellation of his engagements
in Israel
Florence, 19 January 2026 – Maestro Zubin Mehta, who
has returned to Florence from Mumbai to conduct the extraordinary
concert on 21 January at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, responded to
questions from Italian and international press regarding the
cancellation of all his engagements with the Israel Philharmonic
Orchestra by reiterating the position he had already expressed in a
video interview with “India Today” in Mumbai.
The Maestro
disagrees with the policy of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu regarding the Palestinian issue and, in order to underline
his point of view, has decided to cancel his engagements with the
Orchestra — an ensemble he has led for 50 years — throughout
2026, while specifying that he will maintain the engagements already
scheduled for 2027.
“I do not agree with Prime Minister
Netanyahu’s policy,” the Maestro repeated in Florence, “and
this is the reason that led me to take the decision that includes the
cancellation of all my engagements for this season, including ten
performances of the opera Aida, in addition to the symphonic concerts
with the IPO, the orchestra I have conducted for 50 years, which has
given and taught me so much, and with which I have travelled all over
the world. I will return with them in May 2027. I will instead keep
my engagements with the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, founded by my
friend Daniel Barenboim, with which I will be on tour in Spain on
February 14, 15, 16, 18, and 19, in Italy (Turin) on February 21, and
in Austria (Vienna) on February 22. The Divan Orchestra is composed
of Israeli and Palestinian musicians who sit side by side in harmony.
As I said in Mumbai, I hope the Israeli Prime Minister will not win
the next elections, although I have doubts about that, also because
he enjoys the support of President Trump. I confirm everything I said
in the interview in Mumbai, which is easily available online. I have
nothing more to add, and I am now focusing on the concert here in
“my” Florence on 21 January with the Maggio Orchestra.”

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