Zubin Mehta Quotes
Top 69 wise famous quotes and sayings by Zubin Mehta
Zubin Mehta Famous Quotes & Sayings
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I am always hearing from Israelis, 'Oh, CNN is anti-Israel,' or 'BBC is against us.' But no, they are reporting facts.
I am often critical of Israel's policies when in the country, but then feel defensive of them when overseas.
Although I am flexible and ready to take advice, I can't carry an umbrella of thoughts over my head that would distract me and affect my music making.
I feel that the critic and music director should have such a good relationship they can pick up the phone and call each other any time.
There are three orchestras in Munich, all world-quality, in a city of one million. Yet every hall is full.
An American orchestra doesn't want to play more than it has to. I respectfully disagree with that attitude.
I miss the standard of the New York Philharmonic's playing very much. It has certainly been a high point in my life.
All these people who scream about Kashmir being an armed camp are in fact responsible for keeping it that way.
There are certainly talented instrumentalists coming from India. I see them performing all over the world.
You might say that Richard Wagner was the Queen Victoria of Europe. He had musical children everywhere!
There is a school in Israel called Hand in Hand which I support. There Arab and Jewish students study together on a daily basis.
Though there is such a rich tradition of culture and arts, I have never been invited to perform at a concert in South India.
It's hard to find an emblem of cultural, national pride that burns as bright as Israel's success in classical music.
I'm very much tied to the state of Israel, but I am against their policy of settlements in Palestine.
Open rehearsals reach people who might not otherwise hear the Philharmonic - people on fixed incomes, people who can't move easily at night, students.
In truth, I became a conductor because deep down I wanted to conduct Brahms's four symphonies and Richard Strauss's tone poems.
American musicians are very giving - they have the highest standard in the world - but they are also very demanding in their conditions.
New York is really the place to be; to go to New York, you're going to the center of the world, the lion's den.