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Zubin Mehta is a conductor, double-bassist born in Mumbai (British Raj).
Zubin Mehta (born 29 April 1936) is an Indian conductor of Western classical music. He is music director emeritus of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO) and conductor emeritus of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Mehta's father was the founder of the Bombay Symphony Orchestra, and Mehta received his early musical education from him. When he was 18, he enrolled in the Vienna state music academy, from which he graduated after three years with a diploma as a conductor. He began winning international competitions and conducted the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic at the age of 21. Beginning in the 1960s, Mehta gained experience by substituting for celebrated maestros throughout the world. Mehta was music director of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra from 1961 to 1967 and of the Los Angeles Philharmonic from 1962 to 1978, the youngest music director ever for any major North American orchestra.
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| Born | 29 April 1936, Mumbai |
| Profession | conductor, double-bassist |
| Nationality | British Raj |
| Employer | Bavarian State Opera, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Educated at | St. Xavier's College, Mumbai, University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Accademia Musicale Chigiana, St. Mary's School |
| Spouse | Nancy Kovack |
| Awards | Praemium Imperiale, Austrian Decoration for Science and Art, Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art, Padma Vibhushan, Bavarian Order of Merit, Padma Bhushan, Israel Prize, Order of Australia, D |
| Moon Sign (Rashi) | Cancer |
| Nakshatra | Ashlesha (Pada 2) |
| Sun Sign | Aries |
| Ascendant (Lagna) | Aquarius |
| Birth data reliability | Accurate |
Birth details come from a recorded or documented source (source: Kundli Sangraha (Tendulkar)), so this chart is reliable.
Computed with Swiss Ephemeris (Lahiri ayanamsa).
Our library holds 147 musicians with a computed Vedic chart from reliable birth data. 14 of them (10%) have the Moon in Cancer, like Zubin Mehta, and 8 (5%) share the Ashlesha Nakshatra — the #3 most common Moon Nakshatra among musicians, where Anuradha leads with 10 (7%).
For scale, an even spread would put about 3.7% in each of the 27 Nakshatras and 8.3% in each Moon sign. These are simple counts from our dataset, not a prediction.
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Zubin Mehta was born on 29 April 1936 in Mumbai. Birth details come from a recorded or documented source (source: Kundli Sangraha (Tendulkar)), so this chart is reliable.
Zubin Mehta's Moon sign (Rashi) is Cancer and the Nakshatra is Ashlesha, pada 2, computed with Swiss Ephemeris using the Lahiri ayanamsa.
Zubin Mehta's Ascendant is Aquarius, calculated from the recorded birth time.
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