Indian conductor zubin mehta) 1936 was born in a musical family in Mumbai on April 29th. Zubin mehta is the lifelong music director of the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra and the conductor of the Spanish Opera House in Valencia. Mehta is also the chief conductor of Florence May Music Festival.
background
Meta was born in a Parsee family in Mumbai, India. My father was a violinist, the founding conductor of the Mumbai Symphony Orchestra, and later went to Los Angeles to conduct the American Youth Symphony Orchestra. Mehta graduated from St. Mary's School in Mumbai and studied at St. Xavier College in Mumbai. At school, Mehta began to practice playing the piano under the guidance of his first piano teacher, Joseph Delima. At first, Mehta wanted to study medicine, but eventually she became a music major at the age of 18, and studied under the Austrian conductor Hans Swarovski in Vienna. Meta's alumni in Vienna School also include conductor claudio abbado and conductor and pianist daniel barenboim.
1958, Meta married his first wife, Canadian soprano Carmen Lasky, and gave birth to his son Muwen and his daughter Lena. 1964, this marriage has come to an end. Two years after the divorce, Carmen married Mehta's brother and former executive chairman of New York Philharmonic, Zalin Mehta. 1In July, 969, Meta married Nancy Kovack, a former American film and television actor. As a permanent resident of the United States, Mehta has always retained his Indian citizenship.
Command career
1958, Mehta conducted the first concert in Vienna. Also in that year, he won the international conducting competition in Liverpool and was appointed as the assistant conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. 1960, Meta soon became the chief conductor of Taylor Symphony Orchestra, and he held this position until 1967. 196 1 was appointed as assistant conductor of the los Angeles philharmonic orchestra. However, this appointment was not discussed with georg solti, the designated music director of the orchestra, and Sorti resigned in protest. Soon after, Mehta himself was appointed as the music director of the orchestra, and he held this position from 1962 to 1978.
1970 16 February 16 On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the composer's birth, Mehta conducted the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra to play the last movement of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, ending the legendary "Beethoven Marathon" of 12 hours. Mehli Mehta's father Mehli Mehta also attended the concert.
1978, Mehta became the music director and chief conductor of New York Philharmonic, and resigned in 199 1 year, becoming the person who held this position for the longest time.
1969, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra appointed Mehta as its music consultant; 1977 was appointed music director. 198 1 year, Mehta was appointed as the lifelong music director.
Since 1985, Mehta has been the chief conductor of Florence May Music Festival (in 20 15, Mehta announced his intention to abdicate in 20 17). In addition, 1998-2006, Mehta was the music director of Bavarian Opera House in Munich. Munich Philharmonic appointed him honorary conductor. Since 2005, Mehta (together with lorin maazel) has been the chief conductor of Queen Sofia Opera House in Valencia.
Since 1990, Meta * * has performed five Vienna New Year concerts: 1990, 1995, 1998, 2007, 20 15. He also conducted London Philharmonic Orchestra and recorded shankar's Sitar Concerto No.2 with Indian musician, Indian classical composer and Sitar master Ravi Shankar.
1990, at the first concert of the world's three tenors in Rome, Mehta conducted the Florence May Music Festival Orchestra and the Roman Opera Orchestra. 1994 participated in the concert of three tenors again at Dodge Stadium in Los Angeles. Between these performances, 1992, Mehta conducted the opera Tosca with historical influence. In this performance, not only the performance location of each scene happened in the actual situation described in the original work, but also the performance time coincided with the time described in the soundtrack. In the title of the play, Tosca is played by American soprano Caitlin Marbertano, Spanish tenor Jose placido domingo plays painter Cabala Dorsey, and Italian baritone Rugolo Raimondi plays police chief Scabbia. The first scene was broadcast live on Saturday and July at noon (Central European Daylight Time) 1 1 at the Roman Cathedral in San Andrei Delavallee. The second act was broadcast live at 9: 40pm at Farnese Palace in Rome. The third act was broadcast live at 7: 00 pm on Sunday, July 12 at the Saint Angels Castle in Rome, which is Hadrian's mausoleum.
1In June, 1994, on the ruins of Sarajevo National Library, members of Meta and Sarajevo Symphony Orchestra and the choir performed Requiem aeternam at a fund-raising concert to commemorate the victims of armed conflict and thousands of people who lost their lives in the Yugoslav war. 1On August 29th, 999, near the concentration camp in Weimar Buchenwald, Germany, Mehta, together with the Bavarian National Orchestra and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted Mahler's second symphony "Resurrection". 1984, he and New York Philharmonic toured his native India and his hometown Mumbai; 1994,11-65438+During February, accompanied by Itzak Perlman, a famous Israeli violinist, and gill Shaham, a new American violinist, they once again embarked on a tour of the motherland with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. From 65438 to 0997, Meta collaborated with China film director Zhang Yimou to produce puccini giacomao's opera Turandot. This opera has been performed in Florence and China. In Beijing, "Turandot" was staged in the real environment of the Forbidden City (Forbidden City), with more than 300 actors and 300 soldiers, and * * * staged nine historic performances. The production process of this work has been recorded in the documentary Turandot Project told by Meta.
2 1 century
On June 26th, 2005, on the first anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami, Mehta and Bavarian National Orchestra performed their first performance at Madras Conservatory of Music in Chennai (formerly known as Madras). The Tsunami Memorial Concert was jointly organized by the German Consulate in Madras and the Max Miao Lei Goethe Institute. In 2006, Mehta spent her last year with the Bavarian National Symphony Orchestra.
On 20 1 1, the performance of Mehta and Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in the London Promenade concert was interrupted by pro-Palestinian protesters.
On September 7th, 20 13, organized by the German Embassy in India, Mehta and the Bavarian National Orchestra appeared in a special concert-"Ehsaas e kashmir" held in the Mughal Garden of the Presidential Palace in Srinagar, India. Both Mehta and the band announced that they would give up the regular fee for the concert.
2065438+April 29th, 2006. On Mehta's 80th birthday, he conducted the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra to hold a concert of Beethoven's works in the Golden Hall of Vienna, during which daniel barenboim played Beethoven's third piano concerto.
Command style
At the early stage of his career, Mehta was praised by the world for his passionate performance of large-scale symphonic music works by anton bruckner, Richard Strauss, gustav mahler and Franz Schmidt. His command style is famous for being gorgeous, energetic and powerful.
In 20 10, Mehta gave a special concert for King Carlos and Queen of Spain, and played variations of "Birthday Song", including the works of several composers such as Wagner, Bach, Mozart and Beethoven, as well as their composition styles in different periods in Vienna, New Orleans and Hungary.
medal of honour
From 65438 to 0965, zubin mehta received an honorary doctorate from Sir Williams University. Later, it merged with loyola University and founded Concordia University. Mehta's name also appeared in Just Another Band by American composer Frank Zappa (1972) and Billy Hill in the album Mother of Invention.
199 1 year, at the "Israel Prize" awarding ceremony, Mehta was awarded the "Special Prize" for her unique contribution to Israel and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. 1999, Meta won the United Nations "Lifelong Achievement Peace and Tolerance Award".
1966, the Indian government awarded Mehta "Indian Citizen Honor Award", and in 5438+0, 2006, he was awarded the second highest civilian award in India "Lotus Medal".
In September 2006, the Kennedy Center for the Arts announced that Meta was one of the winners of the annual Kennedy Center Honorary Award, which was awarded on February 2, 2006.
On February 3rd, 2007, Mehta won the second annual "Bridge Builder Award" at loyola Maliman University, a Catholic university in the United States.
Mehta is also an honorary citizen of Florence and Tel Aviv.
From 65438 to 0997, Meta became an honorary member of vienna state opera. 200 1 was awarded the title of "honorary conductor" of Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; In 2004, Munich Philharmonic awarded him the same title; The same title came from the Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra and the Florence May Music Festival in 2006. At the end of staatsoper's term in Bavaria, Mehta was appointed honorary conductor of Bavarian National Orchestra and honorary member of staatsoper in Bavaria. In June 2007, Mehta was appointed as an honorary member of the Vienna Music Association.
June 5438+October 2008 10, Meta won the Japanese "Imperial Medal under Takamatsunomiya" (praemium imperiale in memory of His Royal Highness Prince Xu An of Takamatsu Palace).
On 20 11March1day, Mehta was accepted as the 2434th star on the Avenue of Stars.
20111kloc-0/On October 2nd, Mehta won the German Classical Music Echo Award in Berlin for her outstanding work in her life.
On September 6th, 20 13, Indian President Plana Bo Mukherjee awarded Meta 20 13 Tagore Award in recognition of his outstanding contribution to cultural harmony.