Zubin Mehta – Talk To Al Jazeera

In the world of classical music, there are few conductors who are as well regarded as Zubin Mehta. He has led the world's best orchestras, but he is most closely identified with the Israel Philharmonic.

[carlzend]

Wonderful interview. Incisive and thought provoking.

[stonefireice]

Not only Winton Marsalis revived Jazz, but singers like Diana Kroll, and many jazz performers we didn’t hear of before, but now we are familiar with them, thanks to emedia, such as Spotify, YouTube etc. I just started to familiarize with an incredible Russian composer and performer Kapustin, who united Classical style with Jazz! What a thrill!
Now most of famous pianists are playing his music along with traditional classical repertoire. The best of them- Frank Dupree, who not only plays Kapustin, Beethoven, Brahms, but also conducts! Something to be in awe.

[Galastel]

I love how stinking AlJazeera keeps trying to make Maestro Mehta to say things against Israel, and he avoids their traps. Most significantly, AlJazeera insists on calling Israeli Arabs 'Palestinians', Zubin doesn't fall into that trap. And then he talks about Israeli humanitarian aid to Lebanon and Syria. Bravo, Maestro!

[annedwyer]

I was thrilled to hear Zubin Mehta say that he's a fan of jazz (or at least was in his youth) and how much he enjoyed Wynton Marsalis et al. perform! I grew up hearing nothing but jazz (Dad) and classical (Mom) at home until I was in junior high, so to know that Mehta also loves jazz is very cool. Gotta say, though, I didn't enjoy the interviewer's style, though.

[melaniamonicacraciun]

Happy Summer holidays of love for freedom of expression and music happenings, classical music is the perfect movie soundtrack, you can put some gifted students follow Walt Disney steps and add the motion pictures to certain tracks the most . .. symbolic one is the Rossini William Tell Overture... the famous Mickey Mouse conducting😂😂😂😅😅😅 that's how classical music gets deep to your bones and never go away anymore

[violinbuff]

Mehta is a true musician. Eric Shumsky

[jensenlewis]

the interviewer has a constant "im about to cry" face.

[melaniamonicacraciun]

Since the ancient times, music was a symbol of ...end war, when hostilities were over, lucky survivors used to get together, singing and party. Our modern times can help us prevent wars instead. Let's skip wars and start to party right away. Let's give up wars because music happenings worth ten times more, we can give up hostilities from the very first instant. You are invited to organize music events and concerts in purpose, as business datings in order to stop war disputes right away. The Middle East hostilities are obvious a fossil oil matter, of keeping the terror going on. Now there are other alternative forms of electrical power, wish them Emirates Qatar and all Arab owners pull out the famous Muslims wisdom and save the fossil oil in order to bring to the inner lands the ocean's water and dismantle the desert once for all. The famous Petra legend or Al-Ula wonder on earth are showing us, once there was water, it can turn back again. Let them navigation canals, new ditches and canyons help up, it takes nothing to be smart. That's how music is helpfull, if you use it as movie soundtrack and build up a fantasy about how to bring desert to life. . nobody could ever hurt you guys, not even the petrol rivalry or another form of electrical power. Greetings from Dolomiti Mountains one hour highway from Venice Italy friends, we have 45 Celsius degrees of heat these days. If a human body is getting the fever at 37 Celsius degrees feeling sick and risk to die, if we are doing nothing to invert the global warming, who do you think it will survive on this planet? Murdering further thousand Palestinians will not save us from getting suffocated for good all of us😢😢😢think about it. Let's skip wars and let only music rule the world. . .simply like this friends

[leopardtiger]

Al Jazeera guy should not bring politics to a cultural interview. That is mean and Haram . I despise Al Jazeera for this mean behavior.