German conductor Kurt Masur, who was recovering after falling off stage while conducting in April, will conduct the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) at Tanglewood on Sunday.
Masur, who turned 85 last week, had to cancel all of his appearance through September because of his illness from a Paris concert hall. But the administration of Tanglewood festival offered him the chance to participate in the Sunday's all-Mozart program together with his son Ken-David Masur, a Tanglewood Music Center conducting fellow.
"It's so important to go on. Not only Tanglewood. This is because to keep the engine of your body, if you wait for being better, you are already sick," Kurt Masur commented to Boston.com about his accepting the offer from Tanglewood.
"I need music like my daily food," he added.
Back in April, Masur, who had been music director of the France's National Orchestra since 2002, fell off stage about 1.5 meters into the front row of the audience while conducting Tchaikovsky's "Pathetique" Symphony at Paris' Theatre des Champs-Elysees.
On Sunday, the venerated conductor will lead BSO in Mozart's Symphony No. 36 in C major, KV 425. His son Ken-David, 35, will conduct the first part of the Mozart program, including Mozart's "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" K.525 and Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor K. 491, with German pianist Gerhard Oppitz.
He said that he's fine and he is "ready to come back, hopefully normal or better than normal."
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