Zubin Mehta
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
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Great Performances
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1971
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Le Grand Échiquier
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1972
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Boulevard Bio
Self
1991
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Live from Lincoln Center
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1976
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Kohrra
Raman
2023
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Joint Concert in Tel Aviv
Self - Conductor
1990
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Pavarotti
Self
2019
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Puccini: Turandot at the Forbidden City of Beijing
Self - Conductor
1999
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The Trout
Self - Double bassist
1970
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Concerto di Pasqua dal Duomo di Orvieto 2025
2025
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Dancing Beethoven
Self
2017
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We Want the Light
Self
2004
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Concerto di Pasqua dal Duomo di Orvieto 2023
2023
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Pavarotti, Birth of a Pop Star
Self
2017
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Aida
Self - Conductor
2012
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Concerto di Pasqua dal Duomo di Orvieto 2021
2021
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Book Hunters
Self - Conductor (archive footage)
2017
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Haydn: Die Schopfung
2021
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An Evening with Danny Kaye and the New York Philharmonic
Self
1981
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Giuseppe Verdi - Falstaff
Self - Conductor
2007
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Oh du mein Österreich
Self
2015
Memorial Concert in honor of Mariss Jansons
Self - Conductor
2020
Verdi: La forza del destino
conductor - self
2022
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Verdi: La forza del destino
Self - Conductor
2007
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The 3 Tenors in Concert 1994
Self - Conductor
1994
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On Wings of Fire
Self
1986
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Israel Philharmonic Orchestra: The 75th Anniversary
Self - Conductor
2012
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Khatia Buniatishvili and Zubin Mehta: Liszt & Beethoven
Self - Conductor
2016
Midori spielt Brahms' Violinkonzert
Self - Conductor
2013
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The Ninth Symphony by Maurice Béjart
Self - Conductor
2015
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Jacqueline du Pré: Genius and Tragedy
Self
2025
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Fidelio
Self - Conductor
1979
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Best Goalkeeper in the World
Self
2021
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The Abduction from the Seraglio
Self - Conductor
2017
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Boléro, le refrain du monde
Self (archive footage)
2019
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Johann Strauss Gala - An Evening of Polka, Waltz, and Operetta
Self - Conductor
2000
Film
Bolero: A Global Hit
Self (archive footage)
2019
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Vienna Philharmonic The Exclusive Subscription Concert Series - Zubin Mehta & Martha Argerich
Self - Conductor
2022
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Verdi's Il Trovatore
Self - Conductor
2022
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Wagner: Das Rheingold
Self - Conductor
2009
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Turandot
Self - Conductor
2008
Zubin Mehta: A World full of Music
Self
1998
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The Original Three Tenors Concert
Self - Conductor
1990
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Verdi: Falstaff (Salzburger Festspiele)
Self - Conductor
2013
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The Huberman Festival
Self - Conductor
2007
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Gran Gala di Verdi
Self - Conductor
2001
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Zubin Mehta Meets Mitsuko Uchida
Self - Conductor
2002
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Jacqueline du Pré: A Gift Beyond Words
Self
2017
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Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Self - Conductor
2022
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La traviata in Paris
Self - Conductor
2007
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Abbado: The Silence that Follows the Music
Self
1996
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Carmen by Georges Bizet
Self - Conductor
1991
Film
Inaugurazione Auditorium Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
2021
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Europakonzert 1995 from Florence
Self - Conductor
1995
Film
Uto Ughi - Beethoven
2003
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The Greatest Love and the Greatest Sorrow
Self
1994
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Johannes Brahms: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Self - Conductor
2016
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Wagner: Tannhäuser
Self - Conductor
1994
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Zubin Mehta: Conductor and Citizen of the World
self
2016
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Tosca
Self - Conductor
1986
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New Year's Concert 1990
Self - Conductor
1990
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Summer Night Concert
Self - Conductor
2015
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Aida
Self - Conductor
2015
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Israel Philharmonic Orchestra 70th Anniversary Concert
Self
2007
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Fidelio
Self - Conductor
2006
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Christian Ferras (Sibelius, Stravinsky, Franck etc)
Self - Conductor
2003
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The Abduction from the Seraglio
Self - Conductor
2002
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Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 2015
Self - Conductor
2015
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The Bolero
self
1973
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Wagner: Die Walküre
Self - Conductor
2010
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Orchestra of Exiles
Self
2012
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New Year's Concert: 2007 - Vienna Philharmonic
Self - Conductor
2007
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Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera
Self - Conductor
2017
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Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Self - Conductor
2010
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Tristan und Isolde
Self - Conductor
1998
Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Self
1967
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La Forza del Destino
Self - Conductor
2007
Film
Daniel Barenboim 70th Birthday Concert
Self
2013
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Zubin Mehta: Los Angeles Philharmonic
Self - Conductor
1977
Film
Der Rosenkavalier
Musikalische Leitung
2020
Everything you wanted to know about conductors but were afraid to ask
Self
1993
Film
Quasthoff sings Mahler (Staatskapelle Dresden, 2010)
Self - Conductor
2020
Geburtstagskonzert für Zubin Mehta zum 85. - Aus der Staatsoper Berlin
Self - conductor
2021
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La Forza Del Destino
Self - Conductor
2011
Film
Wagner: Siegfried
Self - Conductor
2010
Zubin Mehta - Musik hat keine Grenzen
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