New Delhi: Zubin Mehta received the Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony here today.
Conferring the award on Mehta, President Pranab Mukherjee said he has brought a mission of optimism to mankind.
We are recognising his untiring efforts, over the decades, to convert music into an instrument of peace and harmony. He has made it his mission to bring hope and reason wherever there is conflict and discord, the president said.
His music has the power to transcend boundaries. He has earned for himself a unique position in the musical narrative of the world, he added.
The award comprises Rs.1 crore, a citation in a scroll, a plaque as well as an exquisite traditional handicraft or handloom item.
The first Tagore Award was conferred on Indian sitar maestro in Ravi Shankar in 2012, nine months before his death.
Speaking at the ceremony, Mehta said that one should never underestimate the power of inner peace.
It was in 1994 that I had played in Sarajevo during the Bosnia war. During those two hours there was peace. This doesnt mean that we brought peace, but the soldiers engulfed in the war felt that inner peace, he said.
Never underestimate the power of inner peace that comes with music, he added. Agencies
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