Maestros and their motor cars (29): Zubin owned a Bentley

Maestros and their motor cars (29): Zubin owned a Bentley

Orchestras

norman lebrecht

February 12, 2024

From the car-dealer’s sales pitch:

Receipts dating from 1970 reveal 3 owners since that time, one of whom was Zubin Mehta, world famous maestro and music director of the New York Philharmonic from 1978-1991. Documentation includes the original owner’s manual and many receipts and entertaining correspondence with Mr. Mehta.

 

Hat-tip: Aaron Trager

Comments

  • PaulD says:

    With right-hand drive, it must have been interesting driving a big car like that in New York or the canyons above Los Angeles.

  • Fred Funk says:

    Don’t forget the owner of the Smart car, in front of the Berlin Philharmonic. Probably owned by a viola player.

  • Sue Sonata Form says:

    My daughter-in-law’s father owned a Bentley – a new one – and, honestly, it looked old-fashioned and I couldn’t see what all the fuss was about.

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