In January 1961, a glamorous 24-year-old Zubin Mehta, who was already taking classical music by storm, made his West Coast debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Included in those L.A. Phil programs ...

Zubin Mehta conducts Los Angeles Philharmonic at Walt Disney Concert Hall on Nov. 9. (Etienne Laurent / For The Times) Zubin Mehta, the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s conductor emeritus and (without ...

Gurrelieder’s lush Romantic atmosphere, hyper-emotional language, endless melody, and sprawling scale bring to mind names like Wagner or Mahler. Arnold Schoenberg composed the cantata as a monument to ...

Ramsis Kasis picks at his 11-string oud, a solo that soon makes room for Sami Kashibon's oriental violin. A high, plaintive whine arcs through the auditorium. Peter Marck deepens the sound with his ...

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In 1981, Zubin Mehta sent shockwaves through Israel by leading the country’s premiere orchestra, the Israel Philharmonic, in a concert encore by Richard Wagner. It was the first time since the ...

The bitter running controversy over the performance of the works of Richard Wagner by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra has centered on Zubin Mehta, the IPO’s conductor and musical director. Last week ...

When Zubin Mehta finds an orchestra to his liking, he sticks with it. The conductor is known to New Yorkers for his 13-year tenure (1978-1991) as music director of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, ...

Zubin Mehta, the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s conductor emeritus and (without exaggeration) a living L.A. icon, returned last weekend to conduct Bruckner’s Eighth Symphony with his old band. The score ...

Zubin Mehta, the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s conductor emeritus and (without exaggeration) a living L.A. icon, returned last weekend to conduct Bruckner’s Eighth Symphony with his old band. The score ...