Zubin Mehta
Zubin Mehta
Zubin Mehtais an Indian conductor of Western classical music. He is the Music Director for Life of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and the Main Conductor for Valencia's opera house. Mehta is also the chief conductor of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino festival...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionComposer
Date of Birth29 April 1936
CountryIndia
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It is the technical part of the performance which is troubling me more than the musical part.
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You might say that Richard Wagner was the Queen Victoria of Europe. He had musical children everywhere!
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My parents had chosen the medical profession for me. I even studied a few semesters at St Xavier's College, but at the back of my mind, I always wanted to be a musician like my father.
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American musicians are very giving - they have the highest standard in the world - but they are also very demanding in their conditions.
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We are so indebted to our ancestors, musically speaking, that they have left us 400 years of music.
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Citizens of India, Pakistan, and Kashmir need to come together and make music.
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Even in music concerts in Mumbai and different parts of the world, seats are reserved for sponsors.
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Some musical directors have more chutzpah. They pick up the phone and talk people into giving. I prefer to call and say 'thank you' after the money has been contributed.
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In Bombay, we have a fine concert hall. I think it is high time we built venues in Delhi and Calcutta, not only for western music, but also Indian music. It doesn't matter which party is in power; don't you think the capital of India should have a concert hall?
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Music is the message of peace, and music only brings peace.
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I pay my tributes to my dearest friend and the greatest musician of India Ravi Shanker. It has been a long time since we made music together. I will never forget the last time we worked together.
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It's hard to find an emblem of cultural, national pride that burns as bright as Israel's success in classical music.
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We have an opening for concertmaster, and we weren't able to find anybody in the last set of auditions. Would you be interested in coming and sitting with us for a month?