Zubin Mehta

Zubin Mehta

Known for
Acting
Born
April 29, 1936 (age 90)
Birthplace
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.

Known For

Photos

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Filmography

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Zubin Mehta - Musik hat keine Grenzen

Zubin Mehta - Musik hat keine Grenzen

Movie · as self

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Best of Neujahrskonzert poster

Best of Neujahrskonzert

Movie

2026
Martha Argerich performs Schumann’s Piano Concerto in A minor - Martha Argerich in Vienna poster

Martha Argerich performs Schumann’s Piano Concerto in A minor - Martha Argerich in Vienna

Movie

2025
Jacqueline du Pré: Genius and Tragedy poster

Jacqueline du Pré: Genius and Tragedy

Movie · as Self

2025
Concerto di Pasqua dal Duomo di Orvieto 2025 poster

Concerto di Pasqua dal Duomo di Orvieto 2025

Movie

2023
Concerto di Pasqua dal Duomo di Orvieto 2023 poster

Concerto di Pasqua dal Duomo di Orvieto 2023

Movie

2023
Kohrra poster

Kohrra

TV · as Raman · 6 eps

2022
Vienna Philharmonic The Exclusive Subscription Concert Series - Zubin Mehta & Martha Argerich poster

Vienna Philharmonic The Exclusive Subscription Concert Series - Zubin Mehta & Martha Argerich

Movie · as Self - Conductor

2022
Verdi's Il Trovatore poster

Verdi's Il Trovatore

Movie · as Self - Conductor

2022
Giacomo Puccini: Turandot poster

Giacomo Puccini: Turandot

Movie · as Self - Conductor

2022
Verdi: La forza del destino

Verdi: La forza del destino

Movie · as conductor - self

2021
Geburtstagskonzert für Zubin Mehta zum 85. - Aus der Staatsoper Berlin

Geburtstagskonzert für Zubin Mehta zum 85. - Aus der Staatsoper Berlin

Movie · as Self - conductor

2021
Best Goalkeeper in the World poster

Best Goalkeeper in the World

Movie · as Self

2021
Inaugurazione Auditorium Maggio Musicale Fiorentino poster

Inaugurazione Auditorium Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Movie

2021
Haydn: Die Schöpfung poster

Haydn: Die Schöpfung

Movie

2021
Concerto di Pasqua dal Duomo di Orvieto 2021 poster

Concerto di Pasqua dal Duomo di Orvieto 2021

Movie

2020
Der Rosenkavalier - Staatsoper Berlin poster

Der Rosenkavalier - Staatsoper Berlin

Movie · as Self - Conductor

2020
Quasthoff sings Mahler (Staatskapelle Dresden, 2010) poster

Quasthoff sings Mahler (Staatskapelle Dresden, 2010)

Movie · as Self - Conductor

2020
Memorial Concert in honor of Mariss Jansons

Memorial Concert in honor of Mariss Jansons

Movie · as Self - Conductor

2019
Bolero: A Global Hit poster

Bolero: A Global Hit

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2019
Pavarotti poster

Pavarotti

Movie · as Self

2019
Boléro, le refrain du monde poster

Boléro, le refrain du monde

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2017
Dancing Beethoven poster

Dancing Beethoven

Movie · as Self

2017
Pavarotti, Birth of a Pop Star poster

Pavarotti, Birth of a Pop Star

Movie · as Self - Conductor

2017
Book Hunters poster

Book Hunters

Movie · as Self - Conductor (archive footage)

2017
Jacqueline du Pré: A Gift Beyond Words poster

Jacqueline du Pré: A Gift Beyond Words

Movie · as Self

2017
The Abduction from the Seraglio poster

The Abduction from the Seraglio

Movie · as Self - Conductor

2017
Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera poster

Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera

Movie · as Self - Conductor

2016
Khatia Buniatishvili and Zubin Mehta: Liszt & Beethoven poster

Khatia Buniatishvili and Zubin Mehta: Liszt & Beethoven

Movie · as Self - Conductor

2016
Zubin Mehta: Conductor and Citizen of the World poster

Zubin Mehta: Conductor and Citizen of the World

Movie · as self

2016
Johannes Brahms: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 poster

Johannes Brahms: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2

Movie · as Self - Conductor

2015
Oh du mein Österreich poster

Oh du mein Österreich

Movie · as Self

2015
Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 2015 poster

Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker 2015

Movie · as Self - Conductor

2015
Summer Night Concert poster

Summer Night Concert

Movie · as Self - Conductor

2015
The Ninth Symphony by Maurice Béjart poster

The Ninth Symphony by Maurice Béjart

Movie · as Self - Conductor

2015
Aida poster

Aida

Movie · as Self - Conductor

2013
Midori spielt Brahms' Violinkonzert

Midori spielt Brahms' Violinkonzert

Movie · as Self - Conductor

2013
Daniel Barenboim 70th Birthday Concert poster

Daniel Barenboim 70th Birthday Concert

Movie · as Self

2013
Verdi: Falstaff (Salzburger Festspiele) poster

Verdi: Falstaff (Salzburger Festspiele)

Movie · as Self - Conductor

2012
Orchestra of Exiles poster

Orchestra of Exiles

Movie · as Self

2012
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra: The 75th Anniversary poster

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra: The 75th Anniversary

Movie · as Self - Conductor

2012
Aida poster

Aida

Movie · as Self - Conductor

2011
La Forza Del Destino poster

La Forza Del Destino

Movie · as Self - Conductor

2010
Wagner: Die Walküre poster

Wagner: Die Walküre

Movie · as Self - Conductor

2010
Wagner: Götterdämmerung poster

Wagner: Götterdämmerung

Movie · as Self - Conductor

2010
Wagner: Siegfried poster

Wagner: Siegfried

Movie · as Self - Conductor

2009
Wagner: Das Rheingold poster

Wagner: Das Rheingold

Movie · as Self - Conductor

2008
Turandot poster

Turandot

Movie · as Self - Conductor

2007
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra 70th Anniversary Concert poster

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra 70th Anniversary Concert

Movie · as Self

2007
New Year's Concert: 2007 - Vienna Philharmonic poster

New Year's Concert: 2007 - Vienna Philharmonic

Movie · as Self - Conductor

2007
The Huberman Festival poster

The Huberman Festival

Movie · as Self - Conductor

2007
La traviata in Paris poster

La traviata in Paris

Movie · as Self - Conductor

2007
La Forza del Destino poster

La Forza del Destino

Movie · as Self - Conductor

2007
Giuseppe Verdi - Falstaff poster

Giuseppe Verdi - Falstaff

Movie · as Self - Conductor

2007
Verdi: La forza del destino poster

Verdi: La forza del destino

Movie · as Self - Conductor

2006
Fidelio poster

Fidelio

Movie · as Self - Conductor

2004
We Want the Light poster

We Want the Light

Movie · as Self

2003
Christian Ferras (Sibelius, Stravinsky, Franck etc) poster

Christian Ferras (Sibelius, Stravinsky, Franck etc)

Movie · as Self - Conductor

2003
Uto Ughi - Beethoven poster

Uto Ughi - Beethoven

Movie

2002
Zubin Mehta Meets Mitsuko Uchida poster

Zubin Mehta Meets Mitsuko Uchida

Movie · as Self - Conductor

2002
The Abduction from the Seraglio poster

The Abduction from the Seraglio

Movie · as Self - Conductor

2001
Gran Gala di Verdi poster

Gran Gala di Verdi

Movie · as Self - Conductor

2000
Johann Strauss Gala - An Evening of Polka, Waltz, and Operetta poster

Johann Strauss Gala - An Evening of Polka, Waltz, and Operetta

Movie · as Self - Conductor

1999
Puccini: Turandot at the Forbidden City of Beijing poster

Puccini: Turandot at the Forbidden City of Beijing

Movie · as Self - Conductor

1998
Zubin Mehta: A World full of Music

Zubin Mehta: A World full of Music

Movie · as Self

1998
Tristan und Isolde poster

Tristan und Isolde

Movie · as Self - Conductor

1996
Abbado: The Silence that Follows the Music poster

Abbado: The Silence that Follows the Music

Movie · as Self

1995
Europakonzert 1995 from Florence poster

Europakonzert 1995 from Florence

Movie · as Self - Conductor

1994
The 3 Tenors in Concert 1994 poster

The 3 Tenors in Concert 1994

Movie · as Self - Conductor

1994
The Greatest Love and the Greatest Sorrow poster

The Greatest Love and the Greatest Sorrow

Movie · as Self

1994
Wagner: Tannhäuser poster

Wagner: Tannhäuser

Movie · as Self - Conductor

1993
Everything you wanted to know about conductors but were afraid to ask

Everything you wanted to know about conductors but were afraid to ask

Movie · as Self

1991
Carmen by Georges Bizet poster

Carmen by Georges Bizet

Movie · as Self - Conductor

1991
Boulevard Bio poster

Boulevard Bio

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1990
The Original Three Tenors Concert poster

The Original Three Tenors Concert

Movie · as Self - Conductor

1990
Joint Concert in Tel Aviv poster

Joint Concert in Tel Aviv

Movie · as Self - Conductor

1990
New Year's Concert 1990 poster

New Year's Concert 1990

Movie · as Self - Conductor

1986
On Wings of Fire poster

On Wings of Fire

Movie · as Self

1986
Tosca poster

Tosca

Movie · as Self - Conductor

1981
An Evening with Danny Kaye and the New York Philharmonic poster

An Evening with Danny Kaye and the New York Philharmonic

Movie · as Self

1979
Fidelio poster

Fidelio

Movie · as Self - Conductor

1977
Zubin Mehta: Los Angeles Philharmonic poster

Zubin Mehta: Los Angeles Philharmonic

Movie · as Self - Conductor

1976
Live from Lincoln Center poster

Live from Lincoln Center

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1973
The Bolero poster

The Bolero

Movie · as self

1972
Le Grand Échiquier poster

Le Grand Échiquier

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1971
Great Performances poster

Great Performances

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1970
The Trout poster

The Trout

Movie · as Self - Double bassist

1967
Die Entführung aus dem Serail

Die Entführung aus dem Serail

Movie · as Self

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · as Self · 1 ep