Word: mehtas
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Beta Kappa Alpha Chapter of Massachusetts will induct Paras P. Mehta, Hadi Partovi and Daniel J. Sharfstein of Leverett House, Joel E. Brown of Dunster House, Howard Y. Chang of Quincy House, Arthur P. Chu of North House, Mark J. Garmaise of Adams House, David R. Liu of Currier House, Matteo J. Paris of Eliot House, Rajat Rohatgi of Cabot House, Roopak J. Shah of Lowell House and Peter C. Stern of Winthrop House in a ceremony to be held on April...
...marketing department's nightmare, but Salonen is adamant: "The orchestra must be a source of enlightenment." After 11 years of the saintly Carlo Maria Giulini and the ineffectual Andre Previn, the Philharmonic is ready for a youthquake. But even though Salonen is its youngest conductor since Zubin Mehta was appointed in 1962 at the age of 26, there is little danger that he will try to move the Music Center closer to Beverly Hills, 90210. He's not that...
...podium, Salonen projects an aura of crisp, businesslike authority. There is none of Mehta's grandstanding glamour; instead, the conductor he most resembles is his hero Pierre Boulez, guiding his players through the most intricate rhythms with unflappable aplomb. In 1985 Salonen signed an exclusive contract with CBS, now Sony Classical, and since then has issued a steady stream of albums (the best so far: Messiaen's formidable Turangalila-Symphonie and Grieg's Peer Gynt music). Already he is one of the few living maestros who can sell the standard repertoire on the strength of his name alone...
...experience of rehearsing with him. "Bach was another world to me," she says. "At the beginning I was always in a rush. Karajan taught me to take the tempo tranquilly, to take a breath. This is something I use for everything." To those names, add Sir Georg Solti, Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Chailly -- a stellar fan club...
...Mehta estimates the size of the undergraduate Hindu community to be around 100, but says that many do not attend weekly prayer sessions for area students hosted by the Swami Sarvagatananda...