our guest is world renown conductor zubin mehta. people who are unfamiliar with the music world, explain your role. >> well, a lot is communication. i have the good fortunate at this point in my life, to make music as with soloists that i know for years and years or young soloists who i have auditioned and i choose to introduce. with both i work privately. the rehearsals and see what they have to say. how much i have to be flexible and flexibility musically speaking is very important. for the soloist to be flexible but mostly, for myself. so i have to be flexible. but you know, we are both free-thinking, free -- we supply in space together. and it's not as complicated as it sounds. >> there are some music critics who have suggested that with some conductors, not necessarily including you but some conductors that the dramatic arm movements according to these critics says more about the conductor tapconductor's ego thr responsibility. >> murveg is what you hear not -- music is what hear knot what you see. >> many holocaust survivors r

and ever the optimist zubin mehta plans to see them all again soap. >> zubin mehta opened his latestour over the weekend in ann arbor, michigan, conducting in chicago and leave the orchestra wednesday in boston. that's it for "consider this". the show may be over but the conversation continues on the website. i'm david shuster, thank you for watching. >> being good evening everyone, welcome to al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler in new york. the fate of flight 370, the last transmission from the cockpit. the new time line and a closer look at the crew and the passengers. >>> power play, crimea and the standoff of obama and putin intensifies, and defiance from moscow, uncommon valor, u.s.

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zubin mehta has been leading them for 20 years. >> we carry a positive message.ith the israeli flag. we go on the tour as a world class orchestra. we make music. >> this maestro seeks to make is profound impact on man. he is not shy about the efforts, starting with his own ensemble. >> it is my dream that an israeli arab would sit amongst israeli jews and make music. >> why is it so meaningful. >> there are over one million israeli arabs living within today's boundaries of israel. they should be included as one of us >> you sympathise with the palestinians and are opposed to the settlements. >> i'm opposed to the settlements. i don't want to make is a discussion. but i think settlements to the future of palestine and israel are counterproductive. there are fanatics on both sides. >> it's not just the palestine-israel conflict. he led tours to sarajevo and kaz mish. >> there's something about you and conflict that draws each other. what is that? >> we must never stop using our art to help people, to bring people together. in sarajevo it was in the war, "94 the bos

zubin mehta is here. he was named director of the los angeles philharmonic at 24.e is currently embarking on a u.s. tour with the israeli philharmonic orchestra. this has been one illustrious career. >> no. i don't guest conduct too much. staying with one orchestra for a long time. in new york, 13 years. los angeles. now israel is 45 years. i think i broke a record in philadelphia. i think. >> he was in philadelphia maybe 40 years? >> i would have to find out. >> i can't think of anybody that is up there. why? >> it has become my family. there's not a single member of the orchestra that i have not engaged personally. always discussions and arguments. there are people that we have chosen together. we have molded them. we have played over 3000 concerts with them. during the 1970's and 80's, when the soviet union started allowing emigration, we had a huge injection of culture. >> very fine musicians. what has been the biggest challenge in terms of what you have done with the israel philharmonic? >> the challenge is in front of us. we have not played in an arab country

our guest is world renown conductor zubin mehta.e unfamiliar with the music world, explain your role. >> well, a lot is communication. i have the good fortunate at this point in my life, to make music as with soloists that i know for years and years or

. >> in the world of classical music there are few conductors who are as well-regarded as zubin mehta the world's best orchestras but he is most closely identified with this group: the israel philharmonic. >> we play our concerts. we are not going there with an israeli flag and just talking about it, there is

. >> zubin mehta ran out of funds. >> we are doing a borrowed production. with good singers.did not say no. >> what are you doing in new york? >> i have a concert with the bnf philharmonic on the 16th. >> good orchestra? >> wonderful. --h the israeli for harmonic philharmonic on the 20th. is wonderful to have two orchestras where you only withss every point of view musicians. >> anything you would do different at your life and career? which has provided you with such a remarkable life? did you wish for something you did not do? there is a lot of music. there are still a lot of music. i have not stopped studying. when will the studying stop? it does not stop. >> studying what composers might have met? >> new scores. new scores, of course. can't do strauss without doing the corresponding -- you have to do so much homework. i goes with every opera you do. >> you didn't set out to be a musician. he said up to be a doctor? >> my -- you set out to be a doctor? >> we come from an upper-middle-class parsi family. our families desperate questions families have our professions that are

. >> rose: zubin mehta is here. he's been the music director for life of the israeli fill harman cause at the termed stage of 24. he's embarbing on a tour with the israel philharmonic ochestra. i'm pleased to have him back on this program. this has been one illustrus career hasn't it. >> no. i don't travel around that much but i've been staying with one orchestra for quite a long time. with new york it was 13 years. >> rose: that's the longest of anybody. >> los angeles but now israel is 45 years. >> rose: i know, yes. 45 years. >> i think i broke the record, i think. >> rose: he was the philadelphia maybe 40 or something. >> i have to found out. >> rose: how large, well i can't think of anybody that's up there. >> no. >> rose: and why? >> they've become my family. there's not a single member of the orchestra i have not personally engaged. of course with a committee always, always discussions and arguments. but now there are people we have chosen together and we have molded them. we have played over 3,000 concerts w