Zubin Mehta

Actor · Born April 29, 1936 · Mumbai, India

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.

Acted in 9

2020s

2026
Martha Argerich performs Schumann’s Piano Concerto in A minor - Martha Argerich in Vienna
Movie
2025
Concerto di Pasqua dal Duomo di Orvieto 2025
Movie
2023
Kohrra
Raman · 6 episodes
73
Concerto di Pasqua dal Duomo di Orvieto 2023
Movie
2021
Haydn: Die Schöpfung
Movie
Inaugurazione Auditorium Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Movie
Concerto di Pasqua dal Duomo di Orvieto 2021
Movie

2000s

2003
Uto Ughi - Beethoven
Movie

No release date

Best of Neujahrskonzert
Movie

Sound 9

2020s

2025
Concerto di Pasqua dal Duomo di Orvieto 2025
Conductor
2023
Concerto di Pasqua dal Duomo di Orvieto 2023
Conductor
2021
Concerto di Pasqua dal Duomo di Orvieto 2021
Conductor
2020
Der Rosenkavalier - Staatsoper Berlin
Music Director

2010s

2017
The Abduction from the Seraglio
Conductor

2000s

2003
Uto Ughi - Beethoven
Conductor

1980s

1981
An Evening with Danny Kaye and the New York Philharmonic
Music Director

1970s

1979
Manhattan
Conductor
82
1976
The Astrologer
Conductor
49

Appearances72

2020s

2025
Jacqueline du Pré: Genius and Tragedy
Self
2022
Verdi's Il Trovatore
Self - Conductor
Vienna Philharmonic The Exclusive Subscription Concert Series - Zubin Mehta & Martha Argerich
Self - Conductor
Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Self - Conductor
2021
Best Goalkeeper in the World
Self
2020
Quasthoff sings Mahler (Staatskapelle Dresden, 2010)
Self - Conductor
Der Rosenkavalier - Staatsoper Berlin
Self - Conductor

2010s

2019
Boléro, le refrain du monde
Self (archive footage)
Pavarotti
Self
75
Bolero: A Global Hit
Self (archive footage)
2017
Jacqueline du Pré: A Gift Beyond Words
Self
Book Hunters
Self - Conductor (archive footage)
Pavarotti, Birth of a Pop Star
Self - Conductor
The Abduction from the Seraglio
Self - Conductor
Dancing Beethoven
Self
Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera
Self - Conductor
2016
Khatia Buniatishvili and Zubin Mehta: Liszt & Beethoven
Self - Conductor
Johannes Brahms: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Self - Conductor
Zubin Mehta: Conductor and Citizen of the World
self
2015
The Ninth Symphony by Maurice Béjart
Self - Conductor
Aida
Self - Conductor
Summer Night Concert
Self - Conductor
Oh du mein Österreich
Self
Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 2015
Self - Conductor
2013
Verdi: Falstaff (Salzburger Festspiele)
Self - Conductor
Daniel Barenboim 70th Birthday Concert
Self
2012
Orchestra of Exiles
Self
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra: The 75th Anniversary
Self - Conductor
Aida
Self - Conductor
2011
La Forza Del Destino
Self - Conductor
2010
Wagner: Die Walküre
Self - Conductor
Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Self - Conductor
Wagner: Siegfried
Self - Conductor

2000s

2009
Wagner: Das Rheingold
Self - Conductor
2008
Turandot
Self - Conductor
2007
La traviata in Paris
Self - Conductor
La Forza del Destino
Self - Conductor
Verdi: La forza del destino
Self - Conductor
The Huberman Festival
Self - Conductor
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra 70th Anniversary Concert
Self
Giuseppe Verdi - Falstaff
Self - Conductor
New Year's Concert: 2007 - Vienna Philharmonic
Self - Conductor
2006
Fidelio
Self - Conductor
2004
We Want the Light
Self
2003
Christian Ferras (Sibelius, Stravinsky, Franck etc)
Self - Conductor
2002
The Abduction from the Seraglio
Self - Conductor
Zubin Mehta Meets Mitsuko Uchida
Self - Conductor
2001
Gran Gala di Verdi
Self - Conductor
2000
Johann Strauss Gala - An Evening of Polka, Waltz, and Operetta
Self - Conductor