He has been missing from the Maggio podium since June 13, 2024, when he conducted in “his” city and in “his” theater at the closing concert of the 86th edition of the Maggio Festival, receiving a very warm reception (later confirmed by the tour to China and Ljubljana in late June and early July). Conductor emeritus Zubin Mehta returns on Sunday, October 6, 2024 at 5 p.m. in the Sala Grande to conduct the Maggio Orchestra in Anton Bruckner's monumental Symphony No. 8 in C minor.

The penultimate and among the great Austrian musician's most celebrated compositions, it was written in six years between 1884 and 1890. Throughout his career, maestro Mehta has had the opportunity to engage with the Eighth and more generally with Bruckner's output numerous times: there are many recordings of the symphony, both on disc and on DVD, recorded by the maestro over the years with some of the world's leading orchestras including those with the Berliner Philharmoniker, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Israel Philharmonic.

Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 8 in C minor