Word: mehtas
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...chagrin, the Los Angeles Philharmonic has even outfitted its ushers in Indian-style caps and silk coats like sherwanis. He is also somewhat embarrassed by the oversized portrait of himself, painted by Marion Pike, that hangs in the lobby of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion near the bar; but, typically, Mehta says, "Well, I'll say one thing: the bar makes a lot of money since that portrait...
Many people disapprove of what Los Angeles Times Music Critic Martin Bernheimer calls the "climate of adulation" in which Mehta moves. But misguided as all the glamorization may be, it is still a tribute to the galvanizing impact of Mehta's performances...
Primary Spark. Yet Mehta's motions are by no means shallow showmanship. They help make his performance "live all the time," in the words of Met Tenor Nicolai Gedda, who sings under Mehta in Carmen. Says Gedda: "He does not drag and he does not rush; he has the kind of pulse that is absolutely right." This is Mehta's essence as a musician: an instinct for the living pulse of a piece of music, along with a molten core of romantic feeling and a point-of-no-return commitment...
...Mehta's qualities at this point are more than enough to put him in the forefront of today's young conductors, but he is not alone. "Look at our generation!" he says, affecting, as he often does, the royal first-person-plural pronoun. "We've got competition...
...like Mehta, are not merely bidding for prominence, but by virtue of their flair and musicality have already achieved...