Outside, there is a rush of workers, caught in a sudden downpour, ensuring everything is in perfect order. The seasoned ushers, usually blasé about celebrities, are swept up in sudden excitement as a gleaming blue Mercedes-Benz drives up to the back-stage entrance, and an 87-year-old self-styled "Bombay boy" steps out.
Zubin Mehta, immaculate in his tuxedo, is in Mumbai headlining two sold-out shows conducting the Symphony Orchestra of India (SOI). After the first show on Saturday night, Mehta's baton was auctioned to raise funds for the education of underprivileged children. Other than the NCPA -headed by his friend and India's foremost Western classical music aficionado Khushroo Suntook the event is organised in association with the Mehli Mehta Music Foundation, named after Mehta's father and his first guru. This is the first time Mehta is conducting an Indian orchestra, a milestone that he's rather excited about.
"Khushroo, my friend of 80 years, has been asking me to do this for a long time and I am finally here." He has been rehearsing with the SOI all week, fine-tuning their renditions of classics including Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, Franz Schubert's Eighth Symphony and Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 1 (Titan). "I didn't expect the quality that I have experienced at the rehearsals. It is a really very fine orchestra that can be compared with a lot of good ensembles all over the world."
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