Honoree Zubin Mehta arrives for the gala at the Kennedy Center in Washington on Dec. 3, 2006. Indian-born Mehta, 70, was music director of the New York Philharmonic from 1978 to 1991 and has led the Montreal Symphony Orchestra and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Mehta was described by violinist Itzhak Perlman as "what we call in Yiddish a mensch," someone who is worthy and full of good deeds.
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