Images: Zubin Mehta sends message of peace through music

FP Staff • September 7, 2013, 22:04:59 IST

Zubin Mehta was in Kashmir to perform with the Bavarian State Orchestra. Here are images.

Indian-born orchestra conductor Zubin Mehta conducts the Bavarian State Orchestra, during the Ehsaas-e-Kashmir (Feelings for Kashmir) concert at Shalimar Garden on the outskirts of Srinagar. AP

Mehta was given the Tagore Award for Communal Harmony by President Pranab Mukherjee. PTI

Before the concert, Mehta had said “music is the message of peace”. He refused to comment on controversies surrounding the performance of his troupe in Shalimar Bagh gardens saying he was just there to play music. AP