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Shared language, living history: Zubin Mehta conducts the Vienna Philharmonic

Zubin Mehta
© Julia Wesely (February 2026)
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“a palpable sense of history, distilled into sound”
Reviewed at Musikverein: Großer Saal, Vienna on 19 March 2026
Bruch, Violin Concerto no. 1 in G minor, Op.26
Beethoven, Symphony no. 7 in A major, Op.92
Pinchas Zukerman, Violin
Vienna Philharmonic
Zubin Mehta, Conductor
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