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He swears by Test cricket, saying he’s too
old-fashioned for IPL. He loves Parsi and
Italian food, but avoids north Indian cuisine
which uses the same gravy for every dish.
At rehearsals, he is a hard taskmaster, but
never shouts. His sheer presence makes the
difference. He would make the musicians
play entire parts again, till they got it right,
and his energy is infectious.
His work ethic has been simple too. In a
newspaper interview over a decade ago,
Zubin Mehta had equated conducting with
communication. “What I communicate
at the moment is what I feel and what my
musicians need. Because I am there for
them,” he had said. That perhaps explains
why he’s regarded as a great team leader, one
of the pre-requisite conditions of the art of Zubin Mehta and his wife Nancy at the Hollywood Walk
conducting. of Fame Star ceremony

Headline: Essential Zubin Mehta listening

CD
Symphony No 2 (Resurrection) –
Mahler, with Vienna Philharmonic
Orchestra
Don Giovanni –
Mozart with Israel Philharmonic
Petrushka –
Stravinsky with Los Angeles Philhamonic
Scheherazade –
Rimmsky Korsakov with Israel
Philharmonic
Sitar Concerto No 2 –
Ravi Shankar with London Philharmonic

DVD
Johann Strauss Gala –
Johann Strauss Jr with Vienna Philhamonic
In Rehearsal –
Zubin Mehta with Israel Philharmonic
Zubin Mehta Meets Mitsuko Uchida
(pianist)

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