Zubin Mehta
Date of birth: 1936-04-29
Place of birth: Mumbai, India
Known for: Acting
Also known as:
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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Oh du mein Österreich
2015-05-18
60 years of the Austrian State Treaty (1955 - 2015). Robert Dornhelm and Gabriele Flossmann search f
The 3 Tenors in Concert 1994
1994-07-17
It's not opera; it's not a pop concert; it's not Broadway. It's all of these and none of them. Once
Johann Strauss Gala - An Evening of Polka, Waltz, and Operetta
2000-08-01
Johann Strauss Gala - An Evening of Polka, Waltz, and Operetta
The Original Three Tenors Concert
1990-07-07
The Three Tenors is a name given to the Spanish singers Plácido Domingo and José Carreras and the It
The Bolero
1973-10-01
The first part of this Academy Award-winning short consists of a behind-the-scenes look at the Los A
On Wings of Fire
1986-06-01
Maestro Zubin Mehta introduces the history of Zoroastrianism and prophet Zarathushtra in an epic tha
Midori spielt Brahms' Violinkonzert
2013-01-01
Orchestra of Exiles
2012-10-26
The suspenseful chronicle of how the prodigious Polish violinist Bronislaw Huberman helped save Euro
Bolero: A Global Hit
2019-01-01
Bolero is played every 15 minutes in the world. This film tries to answer how this famous melody ins
Geburtstagskonzert für Zubin Mehta zum 85. - Aus der Staatsoper Berlin
2021-01-01
Best Goalkeeper in the World
2021-01-01
Incredible story of Petar Radenkovic. From Belgrade to Munich, from cheap hotel rooms to a Bundeslig
Everything you wanted to know about conductors but were afraid to ask
1993-11-23
Documentary about the state of the conducting world in the 1990s. Broadcast as part of the BBC OMNIB
Zubin Mehta: A World full of Music
1998-07-09
The world famous conductor reminisces about his life in a wide ranging discussion about his varied a
Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 2015
2015-02-05
The 2015 edition of the Vienna Philharmonic New Year's Concert saw Zubin Mehta back on the podium af
The Trout
1970-11-08
Christopher Nupen's record of the concert given by five young musicians in the new Queen Elizabeth H
Wagner: Das Rheingold
2009-11-16
In the words of the prestigious German weekly 'Die Zeit,' the stage production of Wagner's 'Rheingol
Wagner: Die Walküre
2010-10-11
It has been a long time since the events of Das Rheingold. Wotan has fathered nine Valkyries, warrio
Wagner: Götterdämmerung
2010-10-11
Richard Wagner's dream of a Gesamkuntswerk becomes reality through La Fura dels Baus' visual fantasy
Wagner: Siegfried
2010-10-11
Richard Wagner's dream of a Gesamkuntswerk becomes reality through La Fura dels Baus' visual fantasy
We Want the Light
2004-10-22
The struggles of the world’s Jewish people over the course of several centuries are expressed and ex
The Greatest Love and the Greatest Sorrow
1994-11-07
The Greatest Love and the Greatest Sorrow is a film which sets out to bring the viewer closer, not t
Khatia Buniatishvili and Zubin Mehta: Liszt & Beethoven
2016-11-16
Vivaldi, Mozart, and Beethoven serve up an evening of glittering virtuosity and transcendent melody
Joint Concert in Tel Aviv
1990-04-18
Some concerts are important simply as occasions: The “Joint Concert Tel Aviv” was a celebration of r
Dancing Beethoven
2017-04-13
A journey through the preparation and hardworking process of ballet dancers and musicians for a uniq
Tosca
1986-07-04
This live version of Puccini s superbly dramatic opera was recorded in Rome in the exact locations a
Daniel Barenboim 70th Birthday Concert
2013-01-01
With family and friends present, Daniel Barenboim celebrates his seventieth birthday in the company
Der Rosenkavalier
2020-03-21
André Heller is staging "Der Rosenkavalier" (his first opera production) at the Berlin State Opera.
Abbado: The Silence that Follows the Music
1996-01-01
Shot over a two-year period observing Abbado: a) Rossini, Overture to 'll Barbiere di Siviglia' b)
Zubin Mehta Meets Mitsuko Uchida
2002-03-26
Soloists Mitsuko Uchida on the piano, Zinovi Kaplan on the violin and Dudu Carmel on the oboe interp
Zubin Mehta: Los Angeles Philharmonic
1977-01-01
Recorded live at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in 1977, this film showcases the Los Angeles Philharm
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra 70th Anniversary Concert
2007-05-01
Recorded live at the Frederic R. Mann Auditorium, Tel Aviv, 26 December 2006
New Year's Concert: 2007 - Vienna Philharmonic
2007-01-01
Metha performs his 4th New Year's Concert with the Vienna Philharmonic. Included are works by Johann
Pavarotti
2019-06-04
Featuring never-before-seen footage, concert performances and intimate interviews, filmmaker Ron How
Pavarotti, Birth of a Pop Star
2017-09-06
Although he is unanimously credited with having democratised opera, making it accessible to the grea
Die Entführung aus dem Serail
1967-01-01
Book Hunters
2017-09-22
When chaos reigns, while barbaric and fanatical rulers, both ecclesiastical and secular, systematica
Zubin Mehta: Conductor and Citizen of the World
2016-01-01
Zubin Mehta is one of the most charismatic conductors of our time. A citizen of the world with many
Jacqueline du Pré: A Gift Beyond Words
2017-10-22
A tribute to Jacqueline du Pré to mark the thirtieth anniversary of her death thirty years ago, on 1
Boléro, le refrain du monde
2019-12-29
Vienna Philharmonic The Exclusive Subscription Concert Series - Zubin Mehta & Martha Argerich
2022-09-18
Europakonzert 1995 from Florence
1995-07-07
Beethoven: Fidelio Overture Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 1 Blacher: Variations on a Theme by Paga
Summer Night Concert
2015-08-18
On Christmas Eve viewers of ERT1 have the opportunity to watch at 10 pm, the concert of the Vienna P
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra: The 75th Anniversary
2012-10-03
Zubin Mehta - Musik hat keine Grenzen
Zubin Mehta is one of the great conductors of our time. Born in Bombay in 1936, Mehta has lived in F
Quasthoff sings Mahler (Staatskapelle Dresden, 2010)
2020-12-29
Quasthoff sings Mahler (Staatskapelle Dresden, 2010)
Wagner: Tannhäuser
1994-01-01
David Alden's production of Wagner's grand romantic opera was recorded at the National Theatre in Mu
The Huberman Festival
2007-06-26
Pinchas Zuckerman, Isaac Stern, Itzhak Perlman, Zubin Mehta, Israel Philharmonic
Jacqueline du Pré: Genius and Tragedy
2025-03-25
Yo-Yo Ma narrates a documentary about the remarkable cellist Jacqueline du Pré, whose life and caree
Christian Ferras (Sibelius, Stravinsky, Franck etc)
2003-03-01
Featuring Sibelius Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D minor, Op 47. Orchestre National de la RTF
Johannes Brahms: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
2016-10-17
"It is not every day that Brahms sounds so perfect as this," enthused the Kurier newspaper, describi
Memorial Concert in honor of Mariss Jansons
2020-01-15
New Year's Concert 1990
1990-01-01
Inaugurazione Auditorium Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
2021-01-01
Inaugural concert of the new Auditorium of the MMF Theater, conducted by Zubin Mehta, MMF Choir and
Verdi's Il Trovatore
2022-12-27
Azucena’s eternal vengeance comes back to set the stage ablaze in the timeless drama of Verdi’s Il t
Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
2022-06-18
The Abduction from the Seraglio
2017-06-17
A Mozart opera at La Scala in Milan.
Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera
2017-01-01
Recorded at Bayerische Staatsoper on March 3-9, 2016.
The Ninth Symphony by Maurice Béjart
2015-12-08
The first-ever recording on film of Maurice Béjart's Ninth Symphony! Fifty years after its premiere,
Aida
2015-10-30
Any performance of Giuseppe Verdi’s Aida at La Scala, Milan, is guaranteed to be an experience – but
Verdi: Falstaff (Salzburger Festspiele)
2013-07-29
This 2013 Salzburg Festival performance of Falstaff, Giuseppe Verdis late masterwork and crowning ac
Aida
2012-02-20
La Forza Del Destino
2011-11-28
The cast is a dream team wrote the Financial Times after the premiere of this production of Verdis L
Turandot
2008-01-01
Internationally acclaimed Chinese film-maker Chen Kaige delivers an opulent staging of the fairy-tal
La traviata in Paris
2007-11-11
La traviata in Paris is a film-opera of Giuseppe Verdi's La traviata filmed live on television and w
La Forza del Destino
2007-10-26
Giuseppe Verdi - Falstaff
2007-02-27
Ruggero Raimondi and Barbara Frittoli star in this 2006 production of the Verdi opera with Zubin Meh
Fidelio
2006-10-21
Two years prior to the opening scene, the nobleman Florestan has exposed or attempted to expose cert
The Abduction from the Seraglio
2002-05-21
Singspiel in three acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The German libretto is by Gottlieb Stephanie, ba
Gran Gala di Verdi
2001-03-11
Puccini: Turandot at the Forbidden City of Beijing
1999-04-13
Turandot at the Forbidden City is a 1998 live production of Puccini's opera Turandot directed by Zha
Tristan und Isolde
1998-01-01
Peter Konwitschny's new production on the première stage in Munich gives it a new, optimistic interp
Carmen by Georges Bizet
1991-01-01
Bizet's masterwork, Carmen, directed for stage by the Spanish actress Núria Espert. Royal Opera Hou
Fidelio
1979-03-14
Leonore disguises herself as a man, "Fidelio," to infiltrate a prison and rescue her husband, Flores
Giuseppe Verdi - La forza del destino
2007-10-08
Uto Ughi - Beethoven
2003-01-02
Uto Ughi recounts Ludwig van Beethoven, performing: Romance in F major for violin and orchestra, Op.