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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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Michael Tilson Thomas canonical | 12 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
composer
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conductor ⓘ human ⓘ pianist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Grammy Award
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Kennedy Center Honors ⓘ National Medal of Arts ⓘ |
| basedIn |
San Francisco, California, United States of America
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surface form:
San Francisco, California, United States
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| birthDate | 1944-12-21 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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surface form:
Los Angeles, California, United States
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| 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
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contemporary classical music ⓘ |
| givenName | Michael ⓘ |
| instrument | piano ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| movement | contemporary classical music ⓘ |
| notableFor |
advocacy of American music
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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
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Island Music ⓘ Keeping Score ⓘ
surface form:
Keeping Score (television series)
Shówa/Shoah ⓘ Street Song ⓘ |
| occupation |
composer
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conductor ⓘ pianist ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Artistic Director of the New World Symphony
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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
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Boris Thomashefsky ⓘ |
| residence |
San Francisco, California, United States of America
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surface form:
San Francisco, California, United States
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| sexualOrientation | gay ⓘ |
| spouse | Joshua Robison ⓘ |
| startTime | 1995 (San Francisco Symphony music directorship) ⓘ |
| studiedUnder |
Ingolf Dahl
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John Crown ⓘ |
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Emanuel Ax