Zubin Mehta is an Indian Parsi 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. Zubin Mehta is also the chief conductor of Florence, Italy's Maggio Musicale festiva...
Nancy Kovack (m. 1969), Carmen Lasky (m. 1958–1964)
Children
Zarina Mehta, Mervon Mehta
Parents
Mehli Mehta, Tehmina Mehta
Siblings
Zarin Mehta
Nicknames
Zubin Metha , Mehta, Zubin
Star Sign
Taurus
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Quote
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[on Jack Benny] Throughout Jack's violin solo at the Hollywood Bowl, the audience was glued to their seats. That was the only way he could get them to sit down.
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Fact
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He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 1600 Vine Street in Hollywood, California on March 1, 2011.
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Has been Music Director for Life of the Israel Philhamonic Orchestra since 1981.
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The Muppet Show (1976) character Zubin Beckmesser is named after him.
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Is mentioned in Frank Zappa's song "Billy the Mountain".
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Music Director of the Bavarian State Opera from 1998 - 2006.
When the conductor moved to Los Angeles in 1974, he bought actor Steve McQueen's former Brentwood home for $400,000.
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Alumnus of St. Mary's School, Mumbai and St. Xavier's College, Mumbai.
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker
2015
TV Series conductor - 1 episode
Rigoletto a Mantova
2010
TV Movie conductor
Die Walküre
2009/I
TV Movie conductor
La forza del destino
2008
TV Movie conductor
No Reservations
2007
conductor
Das Rheingold
2007
TV Movie conductor
Great Performances
1999-2007
TV Series conductor - 3 episodes
La forza del destino
2007
TV Movie conductor
Fidelio
2006
TV Movie conductor
Falstaff
2006/II
TV Movie conductor
Die Entführung aus dem Serail
2002
TV Movie conductor
La traviata
2000
TV Movie conductor
Carmina burana
1998
TV Movie conductor
Tristan und Isolde
1998
TV Movie conductor
Great Composers
1997
TV Series documentary conducted by - 1 episode
Mozart: The Requiem from Sarajevo
1994
TV Special documentary conductor
Tannhäuser
1994
TV Movie conductor
The 3 Tenors in Concert 1994
1994
TV Special conductor
Tosca: In the Settings and at the Times of Tosca
1992
TV Movie conductor
Herzsprung
1992
conductor
Carmen by Georges Bizet
1991
TV Movie conductor
Carreras Domingo Pavarotti in Concert
1990
TV Movie documentary conductor
War and Love
1985
musical director
Live from Lincoln Center
1981
TV Series music director - 1 episode
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts
1980
TV Special guest conductor
Fidelio
1979
conductor
La Fanciulla del West
1977
TV Movie conductor
The Astrologer
1975/II
conductor: title music
Die Entführung aus dem Serail
1967
TV Movie conductor
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Sing
2016
performer: "Nessun dorma! Turandot, Act 3"
I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster
2007
performer: "He loves and she loves"
Grand Theft Auto 3
2001
Video Game performer: "Non più andrai farfallone amoroso"
The Mirror Has Two Faces
1996
performer: "Nessun Dorma"
Fearless
1993
performer: "Concerto No.5 in E Flat for Piano and Orchestra" - as Zubin Meta
Strictly Ballroom
1992
performer: "The Blue Danube Waltz"
Fear, Anxiety & Depression
1989
performer: "Rienzi Overture"
The Witches of Eastwick
1987
performer: "Nessun Dorma"
Castaway
1986
performer: "NESSUM DORMA aria from Turandot"
Manhattan
1979
music: "Rhapsody in Blue" 1924, "Love Is Sweeping the Country" 1931, "Land of the Gay Caballero" 1930, "Sweet and Low Down" 1927, "I've Got a Crush on You" 1930, "Do-Do-Do" 1926, "S'Wonderful" 1927, "Oh, Lady Be Good" 1924, "Strike Up the Band" 1927, "Embraceable You" 1930 / performer: "Rhapsody in Blue" 1924
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Ek tha Bhujang
2015
Shunty Sir
Wie es ihr gefällt - Cheryl Studer, eine amerikanische Sopranistin
1996
TV Movie
Live from Lincoln Center
1977-1983
TV Series
Conductor
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Great Performances
2001
TV Series executive director - 1 episode
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Pau Casals, l'home que va fer sentir el silenci
2012
TV Movie
Himself
David Garrett Playing for My Life
2011
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Wiem, skad jestem
2011
Documentary
Himself
Live from Jerusalem: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Live with Zubin Mehta Featuring Renée Fleming and Joseph Calleja
2011
Himself
Aida
2011
TV Movie
Himself - Conductor
Rigoletto a Mantova
2010
TV Movie
Himself - Coductor
Imagine
2009
TV Series documentary
Himself - Conductor
Götterdammerung
2009
TV Movie
Himself - Conductor
La forza del destino
2008
TV Movie
Himself - Conductor
Siegfried
2008
TV Movie
Himself / Conductor
Das Rheingold
2007
TV Movie
Himself - Conductor
La forza del destino
2007
TV Movie
Himself - Conductor
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts
2006
TV Special
Himself
Fidelio
2006
TV Movie
Himself - Conductor
Falstaff
2006/II
TV Movie
Himself - Direttore
Great Conversations in Music
2005
TV Series
Conductor
Caballé, más allá de la música
2003
Documentary
Himself
Boulevard Bio
2003
TV Series
Himself
Art That Shook the World
2002
TV Series documentary
Die Entführung aus dem Serail
2002
TV Movie
Himself - Conductor
Rostropovich at 75
2002
TV Movie
Himself
Hollywood Remembers Walter Matthau
2001
TV Movie documentary
Himself
On Wings of Fire
2001
Himself
The Turandot Project
2000
Documentary
Himself - Conductor
American Masters
2000
TV Series documentary
Himself
Great Performances
1981-1999
TV Series
Himself - Conductor / Himself
Carmina burana
1998
TV Movie
Himself - Conductor
Claudio Abbado: Die Stille nach der Musik
1996
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Interviewee
In Rehearsal: Zubin Mehta with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
1996
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Conductor
Biography
1995
TV Series documentary
Himself
Mozart: The Requiem from Sarajevo
1994
TV Special documentary
Himself - Conductor
The 3 Tenors in Concert 1994
1994
TV Special
Conductor
The Vision: The Making of the 'Three Tenors in Concert'
1994
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Tosca: In the Settings and at the Times of Tosca
1992
TV Movie
Himself - Direttore d'orchestra
Carmen by Georges Bizet
1991
TV Movie
Himself - Conductor
Carnegie Hall: Live at 100
1990
TV Movie documentary
Himself (conductor)
Carreras Domingo Pavarotti in Concert
1990
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Conductor
American Tribute to Vaclav Havel and a Celebration of Democracy in Czechoslovakia
1990
TV Movie
Himself
Mahler's Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection' at Masada
1989
TV Special documentary
Conductor
Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 in C Minor
1987
TV Movie
Himself - Conductor
Live from Lincoln Center
1978-1987
TV Series
Himself - Conductor / Himself / Himself (conductor)
Carnegie Hall: The Grand Reopening
1987
TV Movie
Himself
Liberty Weekend
1986
TV Special documentary
Himself
The Orchestra
1985
TV Series
Himself
Zubin and the I.P.O.
1983
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Live from Studio 8H: Caruso Remembered
1982
TV Special
Himself - Conductor
Today
1978-1982
TV Series
Himself
Das Musik-Porträt
1981
TV Series documentary
Himself
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts
1980
TV Special
Himself
Live from Studio 8H: A Tribute to Toscanini
1980
TV Special documentary
Himself - Host / Conductor
Fidelio
1979
Himself - Le chef d'orchestre
Horowitz: Live!
1978
TV Movie
Himself
The Stars Salute Israel at 30
1978
TV Movie
Himself
The Lively Arts
1977
TV Series documentary
Himself
Dinah!
1975
TV Series
Himself
The Dean Martin Show
1974
TV Series
Himself
The Bolero
1973
Short documentary
Himself - Conductor
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1973
TV Series
Himself
Musik zum Ansehen
1972
TV Series
Himself
The David Frost Show
1970
TV Series
Himself
The Switched-On Symphony
1970
TV Special
Himself - Conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
The Dick Cavett Show
1970
TV Series
Himself
NET Festival
1968
TV Series documentary
Himself - Conductor, Los Angeles Philharmonic
Die Entführung aus dem Serail
1967
TV Movie
Himself - Conductor
Festival of Arts
1962
TV Series
Himself
Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic in Japan
1962
TV Movie documentary
Himself (conductor)
Stars in der Manege
1959
TV Series documentary
Himself - Performer
GANZ GROSSE OPER
2017
Documentary
Himself
¡Atención obras!
2013-2015
TV Series
Himself
Oh du mein Österreich
2015
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Sommernachtskonzert Schönbrunn
2015
TV Series
Himself - Conductor
Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker
2007-2015
TV Series
Dirigent / Conductor
Charlie Rose
2014
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Orchestra of Exiles
2012
Documentary
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Banda sonora
2012
TV Series
Himself
No me la puc treure del cap
2010
TV Series
Himself
La tele de tu vida
2007
TV Series
Himself
Remembering Jacqueline du Pré
1994
Video documentary
Himself
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2011
Star on the Walk of Fame
Walk of Fame
Recording
On 1 March 2011. At 1600 Vine Street.
2006
Kennedy Center Honors
The Kennedy Center Honors
2001
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Classical Music-Dance Program
La traviata (2000)
1993
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts
Tosca: In the Settings and at the Times of Tosca (1992)
1983
Daytime Emmy
Daytime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Individual Achievement in the Performing Arts - Performers
Zubin and the I.P.O. (1983)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1988
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts
Live from Lincoln Center (1976)
1986
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts
Live from Lincoln Center (1976)
1984
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts
Live from Lincoln Center (1976)
1981
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts
Live from Lincoln Center (1976)
1981
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Individual Achievement - Special Class
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1980)