India-born music conductor Zubin Mehta has been honoured with Israel's first Presidential Awards of Distinction, the country's version of the French Legion of Honour or the Order of Canada. The award is being bestowed upon those 'who have made an outstan

From Harinder Mishra Jerusalem, Feb 10 (PTI) India-born music conductor Zubin Mehta has been honoured with Israel''s first Presidential Awards of Distinction, apparently meant to be the country''s version of the French Legion of Honour or the Order of Ca

The State of Israel has awarded the nation's highest honor to elder diplomat Henry Kissinger and five other notables. Rabbi Adin Even Yisrael Steinsaltz, whose life work is the Steinzaltz edition of the Talmud; famed Israel Philharmonic Orchestra directo

Kissinger, who served as secretary of state during the Nixon Administration and the Yom Kippur War, received the award for his "unique contribution to Israel and his peace-making efforts in the Middle East." President Shimon Peres announced new initiativ

There’s more than meets the eye and the ear at this Saturday’s Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra concert. True, the drawing card is Matt Haimovitz and we could go on at length about the acclaimed Israeli-born cellist who debuted at age 13 in 1984 with the

SOMETHING historic happened at the New York Philharmonic on the evening of Jan. 10, about an hour into Mahler’s Ninth Symphony. During the introspective, achingly beautiful fourth movement, an audience member’s cellphone loudly rang. And rang. And rang a

Like this story, share it with millions of investors on M3 Like this story, share it with millions of investors on M3 The three-day India Realty Show 2012 organized by the Maharashtra Chamber of Housing Industry (MCHI), at Dubai over the last week-end ha

If one word could summarize the performance of Bruckner’s Eighth Symphony that the conductor Zubin Mehta delivered with the New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall on Thursday evening, the likeliest would be “noble.” For nearly as long as Mr. Mehta ha

VIENNA (AP) - German bass-baritone Thomas Quasthoff has announced he is ending his singing career after nearly 40 years due to health issues. Quasthoff does not go into specifics. But in a statement from his agent forwarded Thursday to the Vienna office

The orchestra rehearses during the Gulf War in 1991, with gas masks at the ready by each chair in case of missile attack It was, in the end, left to the long-time music director of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta, to put his finger on what

It’s a homecoming of sorts for Anoushka Shankar, who is in India after two years, this time with filmmaker husband Joe Wright and newborn, Zubin. The artiste is touring the country to promote her latest album, Traveller and spend some quality time with h

MUMBAI - Top developers from Mumbai, Thane, Navi Mumbai, Pune and Goa are participating in the three-day Maharashtra Chamber of Housing Industry (MCHI) India Realty expo in Dubai beginning January 12 at the Crowne Plaza Hotels and Resorts, Deira. "M

The Associated Press | NEW YORK The New York Philharmonic has named a new executive director to tackle huge financial shortfalls at the nation's oldest orchestra. Orchestra officials announced Wednesday that Matthew VanBesien (van-BEE'-zen) will succeed

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Philharmonic has named a new executive director to tackle huge financial shortfalls at the nation's oldest orchestra. Mehta, brother of conductor Zubin Mehta (ZOO'-bihn MAY'-tuh), will retire at the end of the season as the P

NEW YORK — The New York Philharmonic has named a new executive director to tackle huge financial shortfalls at the nation’s oldest orchestra. Orchestra officials announced Wednesday that Matthew VanBesien (van-BEE’-zen) will succeed Zarin Mehta (MAY’-tuh

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Philharmonic has named a new executive director to tackle huge financial shortfalls at the nation's oldest orchestra. Mehta, brother of conductor Zubin Mehta (ZOO'-bihn MAY'-tuh), will retire at the end of the season as the P

The award-winning crime writer Matt Rees is about to publish a new thriller, Mozart’s Last Aria. He explains its musical origins in an exclusive article for Slipped Disc. I’ve played music all my life, but I’m no musician. After my initial childhood less

On July 7, 1990, on the eve of the Fifa World Cup final, Mumbai-born conductor Zubin Mehta led the Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma in an epic concert at the Baths of Caracalla in Rome. The singers, who

Any player from the Israel Philharmonic is proud to tell you about their orchestra's courage in adversity. This is the band that played on during the Six Day War in 1967, the Yom Kippur War in 1973, and the Lebanon War in 1982. During the Gulf War in 199