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Michael Tilson Thomas (born December 21, 1944) is an American conductor, pianist and composer. He is Artistic Director Laureate of the New World Symphony, an American orchestral academy in Miami Beach, Florida, Music Director Laureate of the San Francisco Symphony, and Conductor Laureate of the London Symphony Orchestra.
Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, who is fighting brain cancer, returns to the L.A. Phil this weekend for several performances of Mahler's Ninth Symphony.
Although recovering from a brain tumor, Michael Tilson Thomas returns to the Los Angeles Philharmonic to conduct his latest, 'Meditations on Rilke.'
Michael Tilson Thomas is to conduct the opening subscription program of the New York Philharmonic season, three years after the conductor announced he was being treated for a brain tumor. The 79 ...
Michael Tilson Thomas: 1944– Conductor, pianist and composer Glioblastoma multiforme 2022– [173] Tionne Watkins: 1970– R&B singer from the R&B/Hip Hop group TLC: Strawberry-sized acoustic neuroma on her vestibular nerve 2006– [174] Russell Watson: 1966– English tenor who has released popular albums of operatic-style songs Pituitary ...
In 1987, Michael Tilson Thomas established the New World Symphony, with initial financial assistance from Ted Arison, the founder of Carnival Cruise Lines.Thomas and Arison had similar visions of a training orchestra for young conservatory graduates to assist them in finding employment with professional orchestras.
The season opener is Sept. 16.
Meditations on Rilke is a song cycle for mezzo-soprano, bass-baritone, and orchestra written in 2019 by the American composer and conductor Michael Tilson Thomas and set to the poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke.