6 Quotes & Sayings By Zubin Mehta

Zubin Mehta is a tenured professor of music at the University of Southern California. Among his many accomplishments, he is an internationally acclaimed conductor, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the recipient of many awards and honors. He has performed with major orchestras around the world, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the London Symphony Orchestra, and the Vienna Philharmonic. His repertoire includes Beethoven's Eighth Symphony, Mahler's Fifth Symphony, all the symphonies of Vivaldi, Mozart's "Great" C minor Mass and Sinfonia Concertante for viola and orchestra, Mozart's "Great" G major Mass and Requiem Mass in D major, the Ninth Symphony by Beethoven, Brahms' Third Symphony and Third Piano Concerto Read more

He has also recorded more than twenty CDs for such labels as Deutsche Grammophon and Sony.

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An American orchestra doesn't want to play more than it has to. I respectfully disagree with that attitude. Zubin Mehta
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I respect the Indian government for the fact that there are no settlements in Kashmir. Zubin Mehta
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My father was a trained accountant, a BCom from Sydenham College and a self-taught violinist. In the 1920s, when he was in his teens, he heard a great violinist, Jascha Heifetz, and he was so inspired listening to him that he bought himself a violin, and with a little help from an Italian teacher, he learned to play it. Zubin Mehta
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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. Zubin Mehta
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I feel that the critic and music director should have such a good relationship they can pick up the phone and call each other any time. Zubin Mehta