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Michael Tilson Thomas

Michael Tilson Thomas

Born: 1944-12-21 • Los Angeles, California, USA

Michael Tilson Thomas (December 21, 1944 – April 22, 2026) was an American conductor, composer and pianist. He was 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. He gave his final performance with the San Francisco Symphony in April 2025 while fighting brain cancer.

Filmography
Michael Tilson Thomas: Where Now Is poster
Michael Tilson Thomas: Where Now Is
2020
Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M2 poster
Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M2
2019 • Self
Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood poster
Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood
2018 • Self - Conductor
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story poster
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
2018 • Self
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London Symphony Orchestra: Shostakovich 5
2015
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Michael Tilson Thomas: The Thomashefskys
2012
Keeping Score: Mahler Legacy poster
Keeping Score: Mahler Legacy
2011 • Narrator
Keeping Score: Mahler Origins poster
Keeping Score: Mahler Origins
2011 • Narrator
Keeping Score - Mahler Origins and Legacy poster
Keeping Score - Mahler Origins and Legacy
2011 • Conductor
Keeping Score: Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 poster
Keeping Score: Shostakovich Symphony No. 5
2009
Keeping Score - Hector Berlioz Symphonie fantastique poster
Keeping Score - Hector Berlioz Symphonie fantastique
2009
Keeping Score: Stravinsky's Rite of Spring poster
Keeping Score: Stravinsky's Rite of Spring
2006
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Keeping Score: Stravinsky Rite of Spring
2006 • Narrator
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Rehearsing a Dream
2006 • Self
Keeping Score: Beethoven's Eroica poster
Keeping Score: Beethoven's Eroica
2006
Bad Boy Made Good: The Revival of George Antheil's 1924 Ballet Mécanique poster
Bad Boy Made Good: The Revival of George Antheil's 1924 Ballet Mécanique
2003 • Self - Conductor
John Adams: A Portrait and A Concert of Modern American Music poster
John Adams: A Portrait and A Concert of Modern American Music
2000 • Self
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Steve Reich: A New Musical Language
1987 • Self
Carnival of the Animals poster
Carnival of the Animals
1976 • Self - Conductor
Keeping Score:  Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 poster
Keeping Score: Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4