Zubin Mehta was born in Mumbai ,India .
The Israel Philharmonic
Orchestra appointed Mr. Mehta Music Advisor in 1969,
Music Director in 1977, and Music Director for Life in 1981.
Combining concerts, recordings and tours, Zubin has conducted over 1,600 performances on five continents with this extraordinary
orchestra.
He also acts Bavarian State Opera , Los Angeles Philharmonic , Montreal Symphony and New York Philharmonic.
In 1991, during the Gule War , he conduct the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in Tel Aviv , in the middle of missiles attack on Israe.
The famous picture of that show was that he , players of the Orchestra and the audience wore gas masks and coninued playing.