Zubin Mehta
October, 1970
Bombay-Born Zubin Mehta was the first conductor ever to direct two major North American orchestras concurrently--the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Montreal Symphony--and, at 26, was one of the youngest to conduct a leading U. S. orchestra (in L. A.). His father, who conducted the Bombay Symphony, "brainwashed me with classical music from the cradle," later taught him the rudiments of the baton and allowed him at age 16 to conduct a symphony rehearsal. Two years later, Mehta entered...
