Zubin Mehta as Honorary President

2014-11-16

On the night of Nov. 16, the esteemed conductor Zubin Mehta, who had just conducted a performance in the Huafa & CPAA Grand Theatre, gladly accepted the letter of appointment from Long guangyan, the Vice- Mayor of Zhuhai, in the backstage, as the honorary president of the First Zhuhai International Mozart Competition for Young Musicians. This immediately elicited enthusiastic cheers and applause.

The Indian conductor Zubin Mehta, one of the top conductors in the world, has spent over 40 years in the music world and won numerous honors and awards, including the Nikisch Ring, honorary member and conductor of the Vienna Philharmonic, honorary citizen of Tel Aviv, and honors from India, Italy and France.

Out of care and support for the development of young musicians, Mehta, at the warm request of the organizing committee, not only agreed to take up the position of the honorary chairman, but also wrote a congratulatory inscription, expressing his best wishes for the competition, "I sincerely hope the Zhuhai International Mozart Competition for Young Musicianswill become the cradle for discovering and nurturing world-class musical artists. I wish the competition every success."