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祖宾·梅塔(Zubin Mehta,1936.04.29 - ),印度籍帕西裔犹太人指挥家、小提琴家。梅塔是21世纪初世界乐坛最负盛名的指挥之一,也是家喻户晓的维也纳爱乐乐团新年音乐会最成功的指挥之一。因指挥法国作曲家赫克特·柏辽兹等作曲家的浪漫主义晚期作品而闻名,尤其擅长诠释布鲁克纳、马勒、斯特劳斯等作曲家的作品,并以华美绚烂的指挥风格享誉全世界。身在乐坛40年,获得无数殊荣,如尼基什指环、维也纳爱乐乐团名誉指环、名誉团员、台拉维夫市名誉市民以及印度、意大利、法国颁授的勋衔等以及一大学授予的名誉音乐博士等。Mehta was born into a Parsi family in Bombay (now Mumbai), India, the son of Mehli and Tehmina Mehta. His father was a violinist and founding conductor of the Bombay Symphony Orchestra. Mehta is an alumnus of St. Mary's School, Mumbai, and St. Xavier's College, Mumbai. While in school, Mehta was taught to play the piano by Joseph de Lima, who was his first piano teacher. Mehta initially intended to study medicine, but eventually became a music student in Vienna at the age of 18, under Hans Swarowsky. Also at the same academy along with Mehta were conductor Claudio Abbado and conductor–pianist Daniel Barenboim.
Mehta's first marriage was to Canadian soprano Carmen Lasky in 1958. They have a son, Mervon and a daughter, Zarina. In 1964, they divorced, Two years after the divorce, Carmen married Mehta's brother, Zarin Mehta, formerly the Executive Director of the New York Philharmonic. In July 1969, Mehta married Nancy Kovack, a former American film and television actress.[2] Mehta, a permanent resident of the United States, retains his Indian citizenship