Mumbaikars have witnessed a lot of unique performances in February. While the annual Mahindra Blues Festival returned, the city also saw many other unique performances that saw the audience groove and listen to with rapt attention
Updated On: 2025-02-28 07:56 PM IST
Compiled by : Nascimento Pinto
While the Sula Fest took people to Nashik on the first weekend, it set the tone for the rest of the month after performances by Divine and Oaff & Savera, among others. Coming back for yet another edition, Mahindra Blues Festival saw the likes of Kanchan Daniel and Megan Murray take to the stage before the likes of Australians The Teskey Brothers mesmerised audiences on the first day.
It only got better with 2025 Grammy Award winner Ruthie Foster who performed some of her hits including the winning album song 'Mileage' but not without her version of Black Sabbath's 'War Pigs' showcasing the range of her musical genius
Mumbai's beloved maestro Zubin Mehta conduct 200 musicians on stage while there were performances of beloved excerpts from Carmen and La Traviata in the Valentine's Week. These operatic gems will be brought to life by some great voices, including Roberta Mantegna (soprano), Olesya Petrova (mezzo-soprano), Luciano Ganci (tenor), and George Petean (baritone), alongside Living Voices Mumbai choir and The Singing Tree Choir (children’s choir) of the Mehli Mehta Music Foundation
The SOI Spring 2025 season culminated with a special performance by Sir Mark Elder, one of Britain’s most acclaimed conductors, leading the SOI in Beethoven’s revolutionary Symphony No. 3 ("Eroica"), a work that changed the course of symphonic music forever
February also saw Zomaland return for the fifth edition with performances by everyone's favourites Prateek Kuhad and Divine, who ended day the festival on a high