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

Great Performances

Self

Le Grand Échiquier

Self

Live from Lincoln Center

Self

Boulevard Bio

Self

Kohrra

Raman

Pavarotti

Self

On Wings of Fire

Self

Orchestra of Exiles

Self

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2024	Vienna Philharmonic The Exclusive Subscription Concert Series - Zubin Mehta & Martha Argerich	Self - Conductor
2021	Geburtstagskonzert für Zubin Mehta zum 85. - Aus der Staatsoper Berlin	Self - conductor
2021	Best Goalkeeper in the World	Himself
2020	Der Rosenkavalier	Musikalische Leitung
2019	Bolero: A Global Hit	Self (archive footage)
2019	Pavarotti	Self
2019	Boléro, le refrain du monde	Self (archive footage)
2017	Dancing Beethoven
2017	Pavarotti, Birth of a Pop Star	Self
2017	Book Hunters	Self - Conductor (archive footage)
2017	Jacqueline du Pré: A Gift Beyond Words	Self
2016	Khatia Buniatishvili and Zubin Mehta: Liszt & Beethoven	Himself - Conductor
2016	Zubin Mehta: Conductor and Citizen of the World	self
2015	Oh du mein Österreich	Self
2015	Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 2015	Conductor
2015	New Year's Concert 2015	Conductor
2015	Summer Night Concert	Conductor
2013	Midori spielt Brahms' Violinkonzert	Self - Conductor
2013	Daniel Barenboim 70th Birthday Concert	Self
2012	Orchestra of Exiles	Self
2012	Israel Philharmonic Orchestra: The 75th Anniversary	Conductor
2010	Wagner: Die Walküre	Conductor
2010	Wagner: Siegfried	Conductor
2010	Wagner: Götterdämmerung	Conductor
2009	Wagner: Das Rheingold	Conductor
2007	Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 2007	Conductor
2007	Israel Philharmonic Orchestra 70th Anniversary Concert	Self
2007	New Year's Concert: 2007 - Vienna Philharmonic
2004	We Want the Light	Self
2002	Zubin Mehta Meets Mitsuko Uchida	Conductor
2000	Johann Strauss Gala - An Evening of Polka, Waltz, and Operetta	Director
1998	Zubin Mehta: A World full of Music	Self
1996	Abbado: The Silence that Follows the Music	Self
1995	Europakonzert 1995 from Florence	Conductor
1994	The 3 Tenors in Concert 1994	Self - Conductor
1994	The Greatest Love and the Greatest Sorrow	Self
1993	Everything you wanted to know about conductors but were afraid to ask	Self
1990	The Original Three Tenors Concert
1990	Joint Concert in Tel Aviv	Conductor
1986	On Wings of Fire	Self
1986	Tosca	Conductor
1977	Zubin Mehta: Los Angeles Philharmonic
1973	The Bolero	self
1970	The Trout	Double bassist
1967	Die Entführung aus dem Serail	Self
	Zubin Mehta - Musik hat keine Grenzen	self

Year	TV Show	Role
2023	Kohrra	Raman
1991	Boulevard Bio	Self
1976	Live from Lincoln Center	Self
1972	Le Grand Échiquier	Self
1971	Great Performances	Self