Brian Harkin for The New York Times. Conductor Zubin Mehta, right, leading the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra at Carnegie Hall in New York, on Feb. 22, 2011.

Thanks to India Ink for this notice:

Beethoven Comes to Kashmir

By VISHNU VARMA

NEW DELHI— Zubin Mehta, the renowned Mumbai-born conductor of Western classical music, is going to perform in Srinagar, the summer capital of conflict-torn Indian-administered-Kashmir. Mr. Mehta, who has longed to perform in the Kashmir Valley, will have his wish fulfilled on September 7. Mr. Mehta and the famed Bavarian State Orchestra are scheduled to perform in Shalimar garden built by a Mughal emperor on the banks of Dal Lake in Srinagar.

Mr. Mehta, 77, made his conducting debut in Vienna in 1958 and is the son of Mehli Mehta, the founding conductor of Bombay Symphony Orchestra. In 2001, he was presented with Padma Vibhushan, India’s second highest civilian award.

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