Zubin Mehta is back in Mumbai as the Maestro
Zubin Mehta discusses his role as conductor of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra,
the necessity for patrons to support Indian music, and why he avoids performing in Delhi.
When the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra performed in Berlin in 1971, Zubin Mehta,
a work by the renowned Jewish Austrian composer.
Politics was involved. It was crucial.
This was his first time working with an orchestra headquartered in India.
The madness of religious persecution, he continued, "ought to end."
Mehta, a devoted Mahlerite, frequently performs the composer's music.
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