Person
Zubin Mehta
Acting
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Apr 29, 1936
- From
- Mumbai, India
Zubin Mehta (born 29 April 1936) is an Indian conductor of Western and Eastern classical music. He is music director emeritus of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO) and conductor emeritus of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Mehta was music director of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra from 1961 to 1967 and of the Los Angeles Philharmonic from 1962 to 1978, the youngest music director ever for any major North American orchestra. In 1969, he was appointed Music Adviser to the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and in 1981 he became its Music Director for Life. From 1978 to 1991, Mehta was music director of the New York Philharmonic. Since 1985, he has also been chief conductor of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Florence, Italy.
Images
Credits
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Pavarotti
Kohrra
Great Performances
The Bolero
The 3 Tenors in Concert 1994
Live from Lincoln Center
Dancing Beethoven
The Original Three Tenors Concert
Book Hunters
La traviata in Paris
Puccini: Turandot at the Forbidden City of Beijing
An Evening with Danny Kaye and the New York Philharmonic
Le Grand Échiquier
On Wings of Fire
Boulevard Bio
The Trout
Wagner: Das Rheingold