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.
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Filmography
all 71
Movies 63
self 33
TV Shows 8
Director 3
Raman
Kohrra (2023)
TV
Conductor
Giacomo Puccini: Turandot (2022)
Movie
Himself
Best Goalkeeper in the World (2021)
Movie
Self - conductor
Geburtstagskonzert für Zubin Mehta zum 85. - Aus der Staatsoper Berlin (2021)
Movie
Musikalische Leitung / Music Director
Der Rosenkavalier (2020)
Movie
Self
Pavarotti (2019)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Bolero: A Global Hit (2019)
Movie
Self - Conductor (archive footage)
Book Hunters (2017)
Movie
Self
Pavarotti, Birth of a Pop Star (2017)
Movie
Conductor
The Abduction from the Seraglio (2017)
Movie
Self
Dancing Beethoven (2017)
Movie
Conductor
Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera (2017)
Movie
Conductor
Khatia Buniatishvili and Zubin Mehta: Liszt & Beethoven (2016)
Movie
Self
Zubin Mehta: Conductor and Citizen of the World (2016)
Movie
Conductor
The Ninth Symphony by Maurice Béjart (2015)
Movie
Conductor
Aida (2015)
Movie
Himself
Oh du mein Österreich (2015)
Movie
Conductor
Neujahrskonzert 2015 (2015)
Movie
Conductor
Verdi: Falstaff (Salzburger Festspiele) (2013)
Movie
conductor
Midori spielt Brahms' Violinkonzert (2013)
Movie
Self
Daniel Barenboim 70th Birthday Concert (2013)
Movie
Self
Orchestra of Exiles (2012)
Movie
Conductor
Aida (2012)
Movie
Conductor
La Forza Del Destino (2011)
Movie
Conductor
Wagner: Siegfried (2010)
Movie
Conductor
Wagner: Die Walküre (2010)
Movie
Conductor
Wagner: Götterdämmerung (2010)
Movie
Conductor
Wagner: Das Rheingold (2009)
Movie
Conductor
Turandot: Palau de les Arts de Valencia (2009)
Movie
Conductor
La Traviata a Paris (2007)
Movie
Conductor
La Forza del Destino (2007)
Movie
Director
La forza del destino - Giuseppe Verdi (2007)
Movie
Self
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra 70th Anniversary Concert (2007)
Movie
Conductor
Giuseppe Verdi - Falstaff (2007)
Movie
Conductor
Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 2007 (2007)
Movie
New Year's Concert: 2007 - Vienna Philharmonic (2007)
Movie
Conductor
Fidelio (2006)
Movie
Self
We Want the Light (2004)
Movie
Conductor
The Abduction from the Seraglio (2002)
Movie
Conductor
Gran Gala di Verdi (2001)
Movie
Self - Conductor
The Turandot Project (2000)
Movie
Director
Johann Strauss Gala - An Evening of Polka, Waltz, and Operetta (2000)
Movie
Conductor
Puccini: Turandot at the Forbidden City of Beijing (1999)
Movie
Conductor
Tristan und Isolde (1998)
Movie
Self
Abbado: The Silence that Follows the Music (1996)
Movie
Self
The Greatest Love and the Greatest Sorrow (1994)
Movie
Self - Conductor
The 3 Tenors in Concert 1994 (1994)
Movie
Self
Everything you wanted to know about conductors but were afraid to ask (1993)
Movie
Self - Conductor
Mozart:The Requiem from Sarajevo (1993)
Movie
Conductor
Tosca (1992)
Movie
Self
Boulevard Bio (1991)
TV
Self - Conductor
Carmen (1991)
Movie
Self - Conductor
The Original Three Tenors Concert (1990)
Movie
Conductor
Joint Concert in Tel Aviv (1990)
Movie
Conductor
Tosca (1986)
Movie
Self
On Wings of Fire (1986)
Movie
Self
The Orchestra (1986)
TV
Self
An Evening with Danny Kaye and the New York Philharmonic (1981)
Movie
Conductor
Manhattan (1979)
Movie
3.67
Conductor
Fidelio (1979)
Movie
Zubin Mehta: Los Angeles Philharmonic (1977)
Movie
Self - Conductor / Conductor / Self
Live from Lincoln Center (1976)
TV
Conductor
The Astrologer (1976)
Movie
Self - Conductor
The Bolero (1973)
Movie
Self
Le Grand Échiquier (1972)
TV
Self
Great Performances (1971)
TV
1
Self
The Trout (1970)
Movie
Self
Die Entführung aus dem Serail (1967)
Movie
Self - Conductor
Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker (1941)
TV
Self - Conductor
The Original Three Tenors Concert
TV
Zubin Mehta & Mitsuko Uchida
Movie
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1991
2007
1996
2023
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Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1936-04-29 (87 years old)
Birth PlaceMumbai, India
ReligionZoroastrianism
SpouseNancy Kovack
FatherMehli Mehta
SiblingsZarin Mehta
CitizenshipsBritish Raj, Dominion of India, United States of America, India
AwardsFellow of the Sangeet Natak Akademi, honorary doctor of Tel Aviv University, Dostyk Order of grade II, Great Silver Medal of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria, Gold Decoration for Services to the City of Vienna, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Presidential Medal of Distinction, 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, Hans von Bülow Medal, Order of Friendship, Pro meritis scientiae et litterarum, Kennedy Center Honors, Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art, Austrian Decoration for Science and Art, Praemium Imperiale, Dan David Prize, Order of Australia, Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Bavarian Order of Merit, Padma Vibhushan, Israel Prize, Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Padma Bhushan, Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria, Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
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