Zubin Mehta reflects on a life in music on the eve of his 85th birthday
Mehta talks about Israel, Los Angeles, India and Italy; his children, his bout with cancer, and the world’s greatest singer.
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
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Trouble in Turin: Noseda walks as US tour is cancelled and new Intendant appointed
Walter Vergnano, the outgoing Intendant of Teatro Regio in Turin, resigned last week from his post. Three days ago, William Graziosi was appointed his successor. Graziosi left his position as director of Teatro Pergolesi in Jesi just before Christmas 2017, leaving a €600,000 deficit. Turin too is experiencing economic woes and because of this it…
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Founder of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, violinist Bronislaw Huberman, died 70 years ago today
Seventy years ago, on 16 June 1947, virtuoso violinist Bronislaw Huberman died at 64. He founded the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra by bringing Jewish musicians from Nazi Europe to Palestine, giving refuge to 1,000 musicians and their families.
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Italian protests against the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and Zubin Mehta
Following in the footsteps of the protesters at the Royal Albert Hall on the 1st of this month, the Italian Campaign for the Academic & Cultural Boycott of Israel have announced their intention to boycott Zubin Mehta‘s forthcoming concerts with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in Milan and Turin. In a statement they say that, like the protesters…
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Private video surfaces of the anti-Israel protest at the BBC Proms concert
A member of the audience filmed the disturbances at Zubin Mehta‘s 75th Birthday Prom with the Israel Philharmonic, which led the BBC to take its live radio broadcast off the air. The anti-Israel protesters disturbed the concert as several points during the evening. In his excellent blog, Norman Lebrecht writes: The clips remind me of the way the Nazis broke up…
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