Zubin Mehta / Anoushka Shankar

Čajkovskij Symphony No.6 which opens the evening is the last of the great composer, who conducted his first performance on October 16, 1893, nine days before his death. A composition which "has created some confusion" among the public, as he noted in his diary, due to an unusual "adagio" ending, where strings dissolves in a pianissimo rather than having a grand finale. To complete the program there is the Concert no. 2 of Ravi Shankar, the greatest sitar player of the twentieth century, performed by his daughter Anoushka.

Program

Aleksandr Porfir'evič Borodin
Polovtsian Dances, from Prince Igor'

Pëtr Il'ič Čajkovskij
Symphony n. 6 in B minor, op. 74 Pathétique

Intervallo

Ravi Shankar
Concert for sitār and orchestra n. 2, Raga Mala

Artists

Conductor
Zubin Mehta

Sitār
Anoushka Shankar

Orchestra and Choir of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

ANOUSHKA SHANKAR

Born in London she started playing the sitar at the age of seven thanks to the teaching of his father, the composer Ravi Shankar. After its debut in New Delhi in 1994, she is guest of prestigious concert halls such as the Royal Albert Hall and Carnegie Hall, and performs the work of the father with leading conductors, including Zubin Mehta. His discography which already includes seven albums, has brought her to receive three Grammy nominations. Alongside the musical career, she writes regularly on the First City magazine and newspaper Hindustan Times; in 2002 she published a biography of his father Bapi: The Love of My Life. She is also the youngest and first woman, to which is assigned to the House of Commons Shield from the British Parliament.

Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Piazzale Vittorio Gui, 1
50144 Firenze

Dettagli e mappa

Stalls 1	€ 50
Stalls 2	€ 40
Stalls 3	€ 30
Boxes / Gallery 1	€ 20
Gallery 2	€ 15
Limited visibility	€ 10

Season 2014/2015

Concert

Zubin Mehta / Anoushka Shankar

Program

Artists

ANOUSHKA SHANKAR

Dates

Prices

Where

Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

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