Politicians who want to snatch the culture we are criminals Really angry about cuts policy , indignant at the difficulties of getting a visa to travel with Indian passport , the conductor Zubin Mehta seems a volcano JESUS RUIZ MANTILLA 31 OCT 2013 - 17:53 CET48 Filed in : Zubin Mehta Visas Passport Daniel Barenboim Classical Genres Identification India South Asia Asia Music National Security Defense Perhaps the best way to celebrate Verdi and Wagner in its bicentennial either as from the month of October has been doing Zubin Mehta at the Palau de les Arts in Valencia. In the morning , as principal , between 10.00 and 14.00 rehearsing a part of La traviata , then taking a spicy omelette with Mediterranean cuisine adapting his universal Indian diet , and from the 16.30 was got up into the night with the Wagnerian Valkyrie . It is the only part of The Ring of the Nibelung who will interpret this year : Why? Because we have no money for more . We have been given nine awards for this production of La Fura , but we have no money to represent them. Mehta , director mythical, born in Bombay 77 years ago , in a flirtatious nothing autumnal charm and no problem criticizing what he gets sick - from Muslim radicals with scissors to politicians and businessmen who do not provide sufficient funds for art - , still devoted body and soul to his overwhelming passion for music. Outraged and dreamy , quiet and with the batteries installed , the master of Parsee origin and Catalan Jesuit educated India continues in a whirlwind of projects that take you from Europe to America and Asia with the naturalness of a flock of birds with builder destination beyond which saturates with their music , as in Valencia. What times are these in which there is no money for a replacement as happened at the premiere of La Traviata . If I had said from the beginning ... We are fighting against the tide. This theater had a budget of 32 million , has now been reduced to 11 and the regional government still owes us 7 . While the central government , and I want to talk , let us ostracized. Why Valencia has many fewer means that Madrid and Barcelona? Now I can replay what you criticized years ago: that the Socialist Government Valencia marginalized by politics . The regional center and are the same color . Why? Why? Up to Seville give more money. That. Why is that ? You are the journalist , investigate , explain it to me . To start, could you give me your version of the facts. Of course , in 2008 we endowed with 1.5 million , now covers 500,000 ... Barcelona and Madrid have also fallen , but not both . And we have The Ring of the Nibelung ! Nor do they have a festival like ours ! Zabin Mehta Born in Bombay in 1936 , soon left his country to go to Vienna . His father , founder of the Bombay Symphony , had awoken a vocation which eventually lead to management and be one of the worlds most charismatic musicians . He made his debut in Vienna in 1958 and has since been head of the Los Angeles Philharmonic , where he lives , the Maggio Fiorentino , director for life of the Israel Philharmonic , which performs various educational activities with Arabs and Jews, and Palau main les Arts in Valencia. Collector of awards and honors, is one of the most daring , courageous and protest the classical music world . What did you say ? Nothing , I say nothing. Or generally punish us , I begin to guess, maybe because of offenses ... do not know, I have no idea, do not talk to the minister Wert . Id love to , but do not talk to him. I would ask this: Why are you trying to Valencia so far below the other two cities if our work is of universal size ? . What about the orchestra? As it has been reduced to 57 fixed 94 , a disgrace , but the positive is that none of the soloists is gone , the rest we fill it with the best we found . He was frightened with The Valkyrie because in 2009 we went one of the best that could be heard in the world, but from the first day of rehearsals I was very quiet . So I gave them a day off, in three trials and could be seen that were level . He complained you, like most of his colleagues, that in the era of Berlusconi , his government would end the culture . They put an example to Spain . Now were in them. Or see the difference ? What is it? When we talk about culture, we mean something that probably started strongly in these two countries, Germany and elsewhere developed it later. Why do the politicians in power are determined to kill the culture that began in their home ? Why? Why not look to the future, your grandchildren , so that they can be seen in the same degree the wealth of its museums , its theaters ? Look at the universities , how to make off students. Education , culture should be a priority . And when I say , everyone seems to agree,but do nothing ! One answer may be the patronage , the strength of America lies there. So there are museums lost sites that can compete with the Uffizi or the Louvre . Because people donate or purchase works for them to deduct from their taxes. When Carlo Monti ruled in Italy , three times I spoke with him and he completely agreed with me . And with Rajoy , how many times has spoken ? Never, I do not. But I think Wert is a good man , I like to sit and talk with him I have not asked, but I would. Not to challenge him , but to discuss . Although it is something he should do with many others, discuss it, not just cut and cut without remission. To continue that why you insist on both wonder, even someone of his experience , he has traveled and lived all over the world , who has fought every battle, has an answer ? How could I have those answers, and least in the case of Valencia with the fact that we give 10 times less than the others , it is they who must respond . Not even in Valencia clarify it ? Neither the president ? Fabra ? The last time I spoke to said that if he was cutting , you would go . What will you do ? I promised in June that there would be more . But they have been repeated . Not that he broke his word , is the situation so bad ... I went to talk to him and crying with me , are orders coming from the Minister of Finance. But look , I love this place , how the mayor Helga Smith takes this theater , so for now I prefer to support . Do not want to abandon a sinking ship , and I will not ask for anything for me as I stooped over a 20% salary and I did happily , difficulties , it also lowered the salary to the orchestra , and now comes this ERE with which I have nothing to do ... anyway. But one thing I do not understand either . What? That the private sector to support us . Expect your patronage law and fails . But , however , in other places like the Teatro Real in Madrid has increased. We have international companies here , just give us nothing . Do not know , do not complain, nor do I know much of this society. Come , work and do not go out there , I have no friends here , no chance to talk to anyone , came at 10:00 and Im at 11.00 . Maintains power . Where did it come from? Love what I do . Pure love. This is my life . I m here this time five weeks , but since August I have hitherto saturated in 28 cities . A South American tour , a concert in Kashmir I did because I had to , but radical Muslims have insulted me , cursed , attacked by it. With all that has been and you, do not you get lazy keep getting into trouble ? To suffer such trouble ? When you see people in need , why not ? It was my dream Kashmir , a concert at the place where Hindus and Muslims sit together to listen. Both Indian and Pakistani Kashmir worship , but the radicals were opposed because according to them was to give an image of normalcy that did not exist. I did it for love, to sit for an hour to listen to Beethoven. Is that same impulse that makes you want to play also in Palestine Israel Philharmonic Orchestra ? The same , I still have not met , but I go with the educational program at Nazareth in the north , where we have 250 children studying Arabic music. My dream is that Arabs in the Israeli Philharmonic touch . And it will happen . What I have planned : come audition with the musicians behind the curtains and one day we will be opened and admitted to an Arab. This opens the curtains andsurprise! Like his friend Barenboim , then. Well, he does outside . The West- Eastern Divan Orchestra , with musicians Arab, Palestinian , Israeli and Spanish , is out and touch off , the Israelis can not go to Ramallah. What makes Daniel is wonderful, but with their problems. How do you see the situation there now ? Terrible, for music , terrible. The Government does not give us anything , only 8 % of the budget , but we offer many shows that 65 % of our expenses as we took the box office. The society meets there. In no country is so. The rest we ask our friends around the world . Another of his dreams : back playing Wagner in Israel. He did it in 1981, but was organized such a scandal that promised not to repeat . Why? Happen again . Do you live in dreams ? In my case I would not do it until people carrying their arms dialed in is gone. You have to respect them. The truth is that lead Volkswagen and Mercedes , but its the music that makes them return to horror. One of my great friends , Josef Buchmann , is a survivor of the camps. Billionaire helps me to music education , does not want to talk about the past , only the present and gives faces , has no relatives , donates everything ... They are like saints that come from fear and have regenerated into something good. Hospitals , scholarships , education ... we need those kind of people . Samehere! Companies large ceramic ... not contribute anything . Not know them. As the mania we have now to attack Calatrava. He is a prophet ! Museum has built a structure like this. Look what clubhouse. Nobody in the world has something similar . Perfect geometry daily. I feel good . This is level , otherwise, why would he come? How to work with La Fura dels Baus . Wonderful . Im dealing with them for Parsifal in Florence . Question of sensitivities ? When a child is raised in Spain or Italy , goes out and is surrounded by beauty. Not that people do not want culture, they want more than ever are these politicians who do not understand the importance of it for future generations . A child like you, in Bombay , did not enjoy that, but a musician father he scored . How did? He was a miracle. My grandfather worked in the cotton fields , there was no link to music or Western culture. But one day my father heard a violinist , Jascha Heifetz , back in 1925 , on a ship that made a stopover in Mumbai to Shanghai. He decided that it wanted to - spend . And although studied for accounting , he succeeded. My grandfather wanted to devote himself to something useful and gave him a good education, because for the Parsis , my people , education is the most important . We are a minority and if we form , we are lost . Now we get to Spain another Parsi musician, David Afkham , to lead the National Orchestra as a starter . Half Parsi , his father is. So that makes two of us ! What can we learn from the Parsis ? Our religion is Zoroastrianism, a belief Ecological rely on healthy soil , healthy water , clean air . Our Trinity comes down to this : good thoughts , good words and good deeds. As was the first monotheistic religion , Judaism before these principles were adopted by Christianity in its own way . We do not convert people, we do not impose our beliefs , as Cyrus the Great. He conquered the world around her , but did not convert anyone. What a Parsee educated by Jesuits in Bombay , like you, and also Catalan ? Unbelievable. The Jesuits are the most trained people I know. My composition teacher had three doctorates and was a pupil of Granados . All were Catalans, and the first time I performed in Barcelona in 1966 with the Los Angeles Philharmonic , two of the priests who were removed came to see me . The father and the father Corbella Savall , I remember. His education has marked me for life . That school was very open , just in my class belonged to seven different religions , so nobody tried or even remotely convert to another . There were Catholics, Protestants, Parsis , Hindus , Sikhs , Muslims and Jews :seven on a class of 25 ! Now even the Pope s Jesuit. Will the Church? I believe it is fresh air, no aristocrat . And I hope that affects their country too, because Argentina is a mess . I love them , I just go , but its a disaster. Not like Peru , or Brazil , or Chile, its like going back to Switzerland ... I wish Bachelet , big politics . From 18 years abroad , how much is Indian in you ? 100%. - I keep my religion and my passport. I can not have another nationality, nor the need , but I do well with the visa . For example , I can not travel to the UK now. I have no visa. How? I takes a month to get one and Im so tired that I no longer want. I do fill 25 pages on the Internet, such absurd questions such as: what part of their income devoted to his wife ? You know what I tell them :100 % ! Then I went to my appointment , the British Consulate in Munich , and treated me so badly that I took off . Are not you of those who assert their fame and name? That does not matter . They treat me like an Indian legal passport . They did not know who he was, should be limited to give it to me . I said where are the papers that prove your answers , your birth certificate , marriage ? But they told me to bring it ! Do you need all that to give me a visa? So I grabbed the papers and goodbye. I can not go. Neither you fancy ... Nor . I have not concerts, but sometimes I would not mind attending a cricket match , or now to see an exhibition about my religion it seems very interesting , or go to Wimbledon , who have invited me . But no! And since this is so easy. Easyjet and you ... But no. Ever wanted to return to live in India? I go every two years. But I keep everything. The food , the spicy . Look at that omelette with chilli , every day I like one, but spicy . The Spanish should try that. And I read a lot about my country , like now. Look at this : The white tiger , very interesting. Now there are problems . Were not improve significantly ? No, there is much corruption , and that there is a special meaning. Not created , baked beans everywhere . It is general. It hurts, but everywhere is the same. We have a great prime minister, but those around him are very corrupt . There is installed on any social level . You can hardly do anything if you do not pay a bribe. Progress takes time . When the British left , we had a 5% literacy . There are now 400 million, but in a country with millions of people can not control who goes to school or not. Many parents put their children to work , they prefer, and education for girls no value . Its slow, and although in recent years progress has been made in the economy , there is a break now . Reduced foreign investment. Companies do not want to accept bribes , except that internal competition is making life difficult . You , in the preceding generation of directors younger , broke a barrier : that musicians dominate Asia Western merely ground . The generation thriving now, Lang Lang , the Dudamel , also outside Western, but have become his hope. What do you think ? What do you recommend? There are no nationalities in music or culture. They are very obtuse those who think in those terms. There are other borders : racism in music. Is it still valid ? Ive never been , but when I talked about this there has been an interesting reaction . I said that there was racism in countries like Hungary now growing in other parts of Europe. But I wrote the Hungarian government denial. Even Adam Fisher has released a book on anti-Semitism there. The Israeli ambassador wants us to go to Budapest , but anti-Semitism is growing again in Europe , even in Germany , sorry. A does not affect me , but I see it . Shame . Whither ? I do not know , look at this problem in France with Kosovar family or the bodies of Africans on the coasts of Italy and Spain . They are not solving things from a humanitarian standpoint . They , as in the United States with Hispanics , with the idea that here is going to solve everything , but its hard , but at the Mexican border now seems not so dramatic. I I have people who work in my house and just got two weeks ago my wife gives them all they are so sweet , speak a Spanish do not understand at all, but so funny ... Let utopian . How nice it would be a world without those borders . As nice as it would be awful a world without music . Picture it . Imagine overnight not give any concert in the world. It would be awful. We could not live without it , and those who want to snatch us are criminals and thats it. Who ? Politicians ! We need money for this orchestra again have 96 musicians! We need you! Is it still idealistic ? I can not help it. I need to be. If we do not dream , how would this work ? To be realistic we must dream . We can not stop. Ill give some examples. One I would love to take the Israel Philharmonic to Cairo , Amman . Now its hard , we did in less turbulent times . I proposed at the time to the governments , we were as a gesture when we were alone. No way. They were unable to see it. Remember that gift was made between the U.S. and the USSR with the return to Moscow of pianist Horowitz to celebrate the thaw. I have an anecdote for that day. When it happened , I called Barenboim on the phone and said, Look what Im hearing . Lets hear it together and we discussed it . What do you think your generation has contributed to music ? We were very curious . We would go to all the concerts of the largest and learned from them : Karajan , Böhm , Kubelik ... Then with my teacher Swarovsky . Environment came Richard Strauss and Schoenberg , but he was also a great admirer of Toscanini , the mix , the lack of complexes between the new and old marked me . We were breaking boundaries as to incorporate Mahler repertoire not interpreted Germans . Began to ring in the sixties. And now is the real test of the young. You said it best . That the twenty-first century would be better for him than even twentieth . I have incorporated naturally to her repertoire. He was a musician infinite that we not only showed the strength of nature , but all he incorporated classical tradition , completely novel . And in this year dedicated to Verdi and Wagner , why do you think it increases the interest in German in Italian detriment ? Are we going to end up giving reason to inferiority complex that Verdi himself came to feel by his contemporary opponent? You think so ? Perhaps because Wagner was not so often played before and Verdi walked everywhere. It may be more innovative . Ring now plays everywhere but here we have the La Fura dels Baus , but we can not do it whole again because we have no money. And has nine prizes! I do not think you go better with time. But it is true that Verdi ended very shocked by the work of Wagner and transformed in some way. But each had their own style , his powerful style. 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