Biography
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.
Filmography
all 81
Movies 72
self 46
TV Shows 9
Director 3
Kohrra (2023)
Der Rosenkavalier (2020)
Boléro, le refrain du monde (2019)
Bolero: A Global Hit (2019)
Book Hunters (2017)
Khatia Buniatishvili and Zubin Mehta: Liszt & Beethoven (2016)
Aida (2015)
New Year's Concert 2015 (2015)
Midori spielt Brahms' Violinkonzert (2013)
Aida (2012)
La Forza Del Destino (2011)
Wagner: Siegfried (2010)
Wagner: Die Walküre (2010)
Wagner: Götterdämmerung (2010)
Wagner: Das Rheingold (2009)
La traviata in Paris (2007)
La Forza del Destino (2007)
Fidelio (2006)
The Abduction from the Seraglio (2002)
Gran Gala di Verdi (2001)
The Turandot Project (2000)
Tristan und Isolde (1998)
Abbado: The Silence that Follows the Music (1996)
The 3 Tenors in Concert 1994 (1994)
Mozart:The Requiem from Sarajevo (1993)
Tosca: In the Settings and at the Times of Tosca (1993)
Carmen (1991)
The Original Three Tenors Concert (1990)
Tosca (1986)
Manhattan (1979)
Fidelio (1979)
Live from Lincoln Center (1976)
The Astrologer (1976)
The Bolero (1973)
Die Entführung aus dem Serail (1967)
Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker (1941)
Wagner: Tannhäuser
The Original Three Tenors Concert
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1936-04-29 (88 years old)
Birth PlaceMumbai, India
ReligionZoroastrianism
SpouseNancy Kovack
FatherMehli Mehta
SiblingsZarin Mehta
CitizenshipsDominion of India, British Raj, India, United States
AwardsFellow of the Sangeet Natak Akademi, Brit Award for Classical Recording, honorary doctor of Tel Aviv University, Dostyk Order of grade II, Great Silver Medal of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria, Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold for services to the State of Vienna, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Dan David Prize, Order of Australia, Hans von Bülow Medal, Pro meritis scientiae et litterarum, Kennedy Center Honors, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Presidential Medal of Distinction, Padma Bhushan, Bavarian Order of Merit, Padma Vibhushan, Israel Prize, Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art, Austrian Decoration for Science and Art, Praemium Imperiale
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