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Zubin Mehta

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Zubin Mehta Celebrates 85th Birthday with DVD set of his retirement concert from the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, which was released for the first time! Although there was no audience that day, a concert to celebrate his 85th birthday was held at the Staatsoper Berlin, and he continues to conduct passionately despite his advancing age. DVD 1 is a performance with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Zubin Mehta was selected as the music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic (1962-1978) at an unusually young age, and signed an exclusive contract with Decca, where he has made a name for himself around the world with his dynamic conducting and his armies, releasing a succession of highly acclaimed albums of Stravinsky, Holst, and other composers. This live video shows the studio recording of the concert. In this live video, he gives his best performance, including Bartók and Dvo8, both of which are well-known in studio recordings. The most appealing thing about Mehta's music at this time was his unwavering and decisive approach, and it was even painful. DVD2 contains footage of the Berlin Philharmonic's summer concert in Waldbuehne in 1977. 1997's theme was the ancient Russian city of St. Petersburg. St. Petersburg.You can enjoy the breathtaking Tchaikovsky concerto by Mehta and Barenboim, as well as other masterpieces from Russia. DVD3 is a DVD of the Gala Concert commemorating the 100th anniversary of Verdi's death, featuring 617 star singers including Domingo, Carreras, Tessie, etc. DVD4 is a concert celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. The orchestra, which was built in Palestine by European Jewish musicians at the urging of violinist Huberman, was first performed under the baton of Toscanini on December 26, 1936. It became today's Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, which celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2011. DVD 5 features a live recording of the December 2011 concert of "Falstaff" at the Salzburg Festival in the Verdi year of 2013. DVD6 is "Ninth Symphony" with Tokyo Ballet & Maurice Béjart Ballet, Beethoven's "Ninth Symphony" choreographed by Maurice Béjart, which was premiered in 1964, the year Tokyo Ballet was founded. The video of the 2014 performance at NHK Hall in Tokyo, co-produced by the Tokyo Ballet and Maurice Béjart Ballet on the 50th anniversary of the Tokyo Ballet, will be released on DVD and Blu-ray.A total of 350 dancers, orchestra, solo singers, and chorus members will perform in a grand spectacle, which can be enjoyed in high definition. Finally, the retirement concert of the long-time music director of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in October 2019 is recorded for the first time on video. A bonus interview with Mehta, in which he reflects on his musical life to date, is also included. King International