Zubin Mehta

My family and relatives alone could fill Shanmukhananda Hall in Bombay.

The 'New York Times' reviews of my work have been evenly divided - favourable and unfavourable.

Israel is a piece of real estate that neither Jew or Arab will let go of; neither will leave these shores. And so they will have to learn to live together.

As a young child my attention span was, as I remember it, rather short.

I came to a happy Jewish family in dark days in Europe.

I like involved projects. I'm driven by the idea of characters and the song-cycle form is similar to a musical.