Editing Zubin Mehta (section)

{{Short description|Indian conductor (born 1936)}}
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{{Infobox person
|name = Zubin Mehta
|image = ZubinMehtaMar11 (cropped).jpg
|image_size =
|caption = Mehta in 2020
|birth_name =
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1936|4|29}}
|birth_place = [[Mumbai|Bombay]], [[Bombay Presidency]], [[British Raj|British India]]<br>(now [[Mumbai]], Maharashtra, India)
|occupation = Conductor
|years_active = 1958–present
|spouse      = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Carmen Lasky|1958|1964|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|[[Nancy Kovack]]<br>|1969}}
}}
|children    = 4
|father     = [[Mehli Mehta]]
|known_for   = Directing and conducting:<br>[[Montreal Symphony Orchestra]];<br>[[Los Angeles Philharmonic]];<br>[[New York Philharmonic]];<br>[[Israel Philharmonic Orchestra]]
|relatives   = [[Zarin Mehta]] (brother)<br>[[Bejun Mehta]] (distant relative)
|website    = [http://www.zubinmehta.net zubinmehta.net]
}}

'''Zubin Mehta''' (born 29 April 1936) is an Indian conductor of Western classical music. He is music director emeritus of the [[Israel Philharmonic Orchestra]] (IPO) and conductor [[:wikt:emeritus|emeritus]] of the [[Los Angeles Philharmonic]].

Mehta's father was the founder of the Bombay Symphony Orchestra, and Mehta received his early musical education from him. When he was 18, he enrolled in the [[University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna|Vienna state music academy]], from which he graduated after three years with a diploma as a conductor. He began winning international competitions and conducted the [[Royal Liverpool Philharmonic]] at the age of 21. Beginning in the 1960s, Mehta gained experience by substituting for celebrated maestros throughout the world.

Mehta was music director of the [[Montreal Symphony Orchestra]] from 1961 to 1967 and of the Los Angeles Philharmonic from 1962 to 1978, the youngest music director ever for any major North American orchestra. In 1969, he was appointed Music Adviser to the [[Israel Philharmonic Orchestra]] and in 1981 he became its Music Director for Life. From 1978 to 1991, Mehta was music director of the [[New York Philharmonic]]. He was chief conductor of the [[Maggio Musicale Fiorentino]] in [[Florence]] from 1985 to 2017.

He is an honorary citizen of both Florence and [[Tel Aviv]] and was made an honorary member of the [[Vienna State Opera]] in 1997 and of the [[Bavarian State Opera]] in 2006. The title of Honorary Conductor was bestowed on him by numerous orchestras throughout the world. More recently, Mehta made several tours with the Bavarian State Opera and kept up a busy schedule of guest conducting appearances. In December 2006, he received the [[Kennedy Center Honor]] and in October 2008 he was honored by the Japanese Imperial Family with the [[Praemium Imperiale]].
In 2016, Mehta was appointed Honorary Conductor of the [[Teatro San Carlo]], Naples.

Mehta was a member of the executive committee of the Writers and Artists for Peace in the Middle East, a pro-Israel group.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gop Platform Committee Urged to Give Support to Israel |url=https://www.jta.org/archive/gop-platform-committee-urged-to-give-support-to-israel |access-date=2025-05-23 |website=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |language=en-US}}</ref>