Zarin Mehta to receive Honorary Doctorate of Music
Among 13 other outstanding individuals slated to receive honorary doctorates from 苹果淫院 is Zarin Mehta, who will be presented聽with a Doctor of Music at the music convocation ceremony聽on May 30, 2018. Always聽passionate about music,聽Mehta began his career as a chartered accountant at Coopers and Lybrand before stepping into the role of Managing Director of the Orchestre symphonique de Montr茅al (OSM)聽in 1981. Later, he went on to act as the Executive Director of the Ravinia Festival, President of the New York Philharmonic and lastly Co-Executive Director of the Green Music Center at California's Sonoma State University before his retirement in 2017.听In each of these positions, Mehta made a remarkable impact聽鈥撀燽ut especially noteworthy for Montreal would be his work with the OSM, which聽gained the orchestra never-before-seen financial stability as well as international renown.听
Even after his official retirement, Mehta continues to impact Montreal's music community, as the Concours musical international de Montr茅al that he will be acting as president of the jury for 2018's competition.
