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Zubin Mehta

1936 - Today

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Zubin Mehta (born 29 April 1936) is an Indian conductor of Western classical music. He is music director emeritus of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO) and conductor emeritus of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Mehta's father was the founder of the Bombay Symphony Orchestra, and Mehta received his early musical education from him. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zubin Mehta has received more than 1,947,185 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Zubin Mehta is the 6th most popular conductor (down from 5th in 2019), the 58th most popular biography from India (down from 53rd in 2019) and the most popular Indian Conductor.

Zubin Mehta is most famous for being the conductor of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.

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  • 66.83

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  • 54

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  • 7.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CONDUCTORS

Among conductors, Zubin Mehta ranks 6 out of 128. Before him are Herbert von Karajan, Claudio Abbado, Arturo Toscanini, Daniel Barenboim, and Wilhelm Furtwängler. After him are Sergiu Celibidache, Riccardo Muti, Seiji Ozawa, Lorin Maazel, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, and Karl Böhm.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Zubin Mehta ranks 25. Before him are Wilt Chamberlain, Dennis Hopper, Ursula Andress, Barack Obama Sr., Harald zur Hausen, and Uwe Seeler. After him are Virna Lisi, David Carradine, Michael Landon, Ferid Murad, Richard Bach, and Georges Perec.

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In India

Among people born in India, Zubin Mehta ranks 58 out of 1,861. Before him are C. V. Raman (1888), Bal Gangadhar Tilak (1856), Vallabhbhai Patel (1875), Harsha (590), Vyasa (-390), and Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924). After him are Radha (null), Lata Mangeshkar (1929), Premchand (1880), Bahadur Shah Zafar (1775), Guru Gobind Singh (1666), and Aśvaghoṣa (80).

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Among CONDUCTORS In India

Among conductors born in India, Zubin Mehta ranks 1. 

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