Srinagar: Despite threats, India-born world renowned conductor Zubin Mehta's show began in the Kashmir Valley.On Friday, Mehta said "Kashmir chose me" as he braced up to conduct a 90-minute concert in the 17th century Shalimar Mughal Garden on the banks of the Dal Lake.Meanwhile, the authorities in Srinagar were working at breakneck speed to make the Bavarian State Orchestra's concert a grand success.The orchestra is one of the oldest in Germany and its origins can be traced to 1523.Mehta's "Ehsaas-e-Kashmir" (The feel of Kashmir) concert has been facing opposition from separatist politicians.A civil society group has announced it would hold a parallel concert in Srinagar on on Saturday to oppose the Zubin Mehta's concert.

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