The conductor Zubin Mehta was born on this day, April 29, in 1936. He is an Indian conductor of Western and Eastern classical music, and is music director emeritus of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor emeritus of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

Conductor-wise, Karsh photographed Walter Scott, conductor of Algoma Central Railway. He also photographed multiple musical conductors, including Simon Rattle, Georg Solti, Arthur Fiedler, Leopold Stokowski, Yehudi Menuhin, and Herbert von Karajan.