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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There are people who think I am Israeli. That's rubbish.
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I'm hopeful that Israelis can go to Ramallah whenever they want and see how the people are living.
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Open rehearsals reach people who might not otherwise hear the Philharmonic - people on fixed incomes, people who can't move easily at night, students.
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As soon as, say, Saddam Hussein started bombing Israel with Scuds, everyone was like, 'Poor Israel.' But when Israel retaliates - and most of the time they then win - people turn against them.
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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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All these people who scream about Kashmir being an armed camp are in fact responsible for keeping it that way.
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I'm really not a party person. I'm in the business of working with 100 people every day, so I don't revel in meeting a roomful of people in my leisure time.
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Just imagine, the thousands and thousands of concerts that take place every single day, all over the world. And the positive effect that they would have on the people listening. Now imagine a world without this. This void... it is unthinkable.
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If we are able to inspire people with our music, we can raise more funds.
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I am jealous of all those people who live on the shore of Dal Lake.
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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?
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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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There is a school in Israel called Hand in Hand which I support. There Arab and Jewish students study together on a daily basis.
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New York for a long time was a kind of conductor's graveyard.