Zubin Mehta
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.
Known For
Top 40 Movies
Pavarotti
2019
Tosca
1986
Oh du mein Österreich
2015
On Wings of Fire
1986
Aida
2012
Puccini: Turandot at the Forbidden City of Beijing
1999
The Greatest Love and the Greatest Sorrow
1994
Bolero: A Global Hit
2019
Boléro, le refrain du monde
2019
Turandot
2008
We Want the Light
2004
The Trout
1970
Orchestra of Exiles
2012
The Original Three Tenors Concert
1990
Book Hunters
2017
Jacqueline du Pré: Genius and Tragedy
2025
The Bolero
1973
Tristan und Isolde
1998
Khatia Buniatishvili and Zubin Mehta: Liszt & Beethoven
2016
La traviata in Paris
2007
The 3 Tenors in Concert 1994
1994
Wagner: Tannhäuser
1994
Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
2022
Pavarotti, Birth of a Pop Star
2017
Gran Gala di Verdi
2001
Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera
2017
Wagner: Die Walküre
2010
Abbado: The Silence that Follows the Music
1996
Carmen by Georges Bizet
1991
The Huberman Festival
2007
Fidelio
1979
Inaugurazione Auditorium Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
2021
Aida
2015
Best Goalkeeper in the World
2021
Verdi: Falstaff (Salzburger Festspiele)
2013
Dancing Beethoven
2017
Johann Strauss Gala - An Evening of Polka, Waltz, and Operetta
2000