Zubin Mehta

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Zubin Mehta is a renowned Indian-born conductor celebrated for leading major orchestras worldwide, including long tenures with the Israel Philharmonic and the New York Philharmonic.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian-born musician
human
music director
orchestral conductor
awardReceived Bavarian Order of Merit
Kennedy Center Honors
Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Padma Bhushan
Padma Vibhushan
Praemium Imperiale
Wolf Prize in Arts
citizenship India
Israel
United States of America
countryOfBirth India
dateOfBirth 1936-04-29
educatedAt Vienna Music Academy
ethnicGroup Parsi
familyName Mehta
father Mehli Mehta
fullName Zubin Mehta
genre classical music
givenName Zubin
languageSpoken English
German
Gujarati
Hindi
Italian
movement Western classical music
notableEvent Conducted at the opening of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games
Conducted the Three Tenors concert at the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Rome
notableStudentOf Hans Swarowsky
notableWork Music directorship of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Music directorship of the New York Philharmonic
occupation conductor
music director
placeOfBirth Bombay
Mumbai
positionHeld Chief Conductor of the Bavarian State Opera
Music Director for Life of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Music Director of the Bavarian State Orchestra
Music Director of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Music Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic
Music Director of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Music Director of the New York Philharmonic
Principal Conductor of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
residence Florence
Los Angeles
Tel Aviv
spouse Carmen Lasky
Nancy Kovack NERFINISHED


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