In this day of peripatetic music directors who juggle multiple appointments in various corners of the globe, most conductors are unable, or unwilling, to forge permanent relationships such as were ...

In the Walt Disney Concert Hall’s mostly empty large rehearsal room on Tuesday afternoon, a piano tuner worked on three grands while a photographer set up, fantasizing about a backdrop in this ...

Zubin Mehta, the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s conductor emeritus and (without exaggeration) a living L.A. icon, returned last weekend to conduct Bruckner’s Eighth Symphony with his old band. The score ...

Ramsis Kasis picks at his 11-string oud, a solo that soon makes room for Sami Kashibon's oriental violin. A high, plaintive whine arcs through the auditorium. Peter Marck deepens the sound with his ...

TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Zubin Mehta was only 25 years old when he first conducted the Israel Philharmonic. Over half a century later, he's passing the baton to a fast-rising Israeli maestro some 53 years ...

Bavarian State Orchestra and renowned conductor Zubin Mehta (C) gestures before performing at the Ehasas-e-Kashmir concert at Shalimar Garden on the outskirts of Srinagar September 7, 2013.

In Kashmir, the Shalimar Gardens of Srinagar, a relic of Mughal-era emperors, has been restored to its imperial tranquility with murmuring fountains, shallow pools and manicured beauty. Carrying ...