Michael Tilson Thomas

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Michael Tilson Thomas is an acclaimed American conductor, pianist, and composer best known for his long tenure as music director of the San Francisco Symphony and his innovative advocacy for contemporary and American music.

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Michael Tilson Thomas canonical 12

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instanceOf composer
conductor
human
pianist
awardReceived Grammy Award
Kennedy Center Honors
National Medal of Arts
basedIn San Francisco, California, United States of America
surface form: San Francisco, California, United States
birthDate 1944-12-21
birthPlace Los Angeles, California, United States of America
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
educatedAt University of Southern California
endTime 2020 (San Francisco Symphony music directorship)
ethnicGroup Jewish Americans
familyName Thomas
founded New World Symphony
fullName Michael Tilson Thomas self-link
genre classical music
contemporary classical music
givenName Michael
instrument piano
languageSpoken English
movement contemporary classical music
notableFor advocacy of American music
championing works of American composers such as Charles Ives and Aaron Copland
innovative concert programming
interpretations of Mahler
notableWork From the Diary of Anne Frank
Island Music
Keeping Score
surface form: Keeping Score (television series)

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Street Song
occupation composer
conductor
pianist
positionHeld Artistic Director of the New World Symphony
Laureate Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony
Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony
Principal Guest Conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra
Principal Guest Conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic
relative Bessie Thomashefsky
Boris Thomashefsky
residence San Francisco, California, United States of America
surface form: San Francisco, California, United States
sexualOrientation gay
spouse Joshua Robison
startTime 1995 (San Francisco Symphony music directorship)
studiedUnder Ingolf Dahl
John Crown

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Curtis Institute of Music hasNotableAlumni Michael Tilson Thomas
San Francisco Symphony formerMusicDirector Michael Tilson Thomas
LSO Live hasArtist Michael Tilson Thomas
North Hollywood High School hasNotableAlumnus Michael Tilson Thomas
Ax hasCollaboratedWith Michael Tilson Thomas
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Michael Tilson Thomas fullName Michael Tilson Thomas self-link
SFS Media primaryConductor Michael Tilson Thomas
San Francisco Symphony Chorus collaboratesWith Michael Tilson Thomas
Boris Thomashefsky relative Michael Tilson Thomas
Boris Thomashefsky grandparentOf Michael Tilson Thomas