Zubin is getting old...

[bachophile]

Zubin came back to guest conduct the Israel Philahrmonic for the first time since retiring as music director,

Link to video

[George K]

He's 87... and looks every day of it.

But, even seated, you can see the joy in his face as he conducts.

I wonder about the "lights going out." If everything went dark, I assume the musicians would not be able to see the score. Do they have this music committed to memory. Granted, the Dvorak 7 is not obscure, but...

I remember seeing Haitink conduct the Mahler 7 - he must've been in his early 90s. Still a lot of vigor - once the music started. Interesting that, as a group, conductors seem to be long-lived. Muti, Solti, Haitink, de Waart.

Bernstein might've been the exception.

[Copper]

@George-K said in Zubin is getting old...:

see the score

I think most, but not all, of the Virginia Symphony use an iPad for their sheet music now. The violin section that I was watching also use automated page turning on the iPad.