What is Zubin Mehta?
{{Infobox person |name = Zubin Mehta |image = Zubin Mehta 1.jpg |image_size = |caption = Zubin Mehta in 2007 |birth_name = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1936|4|29}} |birth_place = [[Mumbai]], [[India]] (formerly [[Bombay]]) |occupation = Musical director and conductor |years_active = 1958–present |spouse = {{marriage|Carmen Lasky|1958|1964|end=divorced}}<br />{{marriage|[[Nancy Kovack]]|1969}} |children = 2 |parents = [[Mehli Mehta]]<br />Tehmina Daruvala |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) |website = [http://www.zubinmehta.net zubinmehta.net] }} '''Zubin Mehta''' (born 29 April 1936) is an Indian [[Conducting|conductor]] of Western [[classical music]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://firenze.repubblica.it/tempo-libero/articoli/musica/2015/04/13/news/mehta_il_mio_contratto_col_maggio_fino_al_2017_poi_saro_un_uccello_libero_-111877036/|title=La Repubblica, 13 April 2015|access-date=7 May 2016}}</ref> He is the music director of the [[Israel Philharmonic Orchestra]] (IPO). ==Career== Mehta was Music Director of the [[Montreal Symphony Orchestra]] from 1961 to 1967, and Music Director of the [[Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra]] from 1962 to 1978, being 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 Mehta became its permanent Music Director for Life. In 2016, Mehta has been appointed as Honorary Conductor of the [[Teatro San Carlo]], [[Naples]]. In December 2016, the Israel Philharmonic announced that Mehta is to retire from his permanent position as music director in October 2019.<ref>{{cite news | title=Zubin Mehta announces retirement from Israel Philharmonic | url=http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Zubin-Mehta-announces-retirement-from-Israel-Philharmonic-476574 | work=Jerusalem Post | date=2016-12