Battling brain cancer, Michael Tilson Thomas makes his last stage appearance with a San Francisco Symphony concert that ...

When Michael Tilson Thomas walked on stage at Davies Symphony Hall Saturday night, two things were evident. One: the applause from both the orchestra and audience was unbridled. And two: the beloved ...

Half a century ago, in the fall of 1969, Michael Tilson Thomas — a promising, young conductor and scion of Yiddish theater royalty — lifted his baton for his New York debut with the Boston ...

Michael Tilson Thomas announced in February that he can no longer continue conducting – an art he has practiced to great acclaim throughout his entire adult life. The news has left friends ...

Michael Tilson Thomas was born in Los Angeles, California and was the grandson of noted Yiddish theatre stars Boris and Bessie Thomashefsky. He studied piano and composition and conducting at the ...

The program includes Benjamin Britten’s The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Ottorino Respighi’s Roman Festivals, and several of Tilson Thomas’s own songs, sung by Cooke ...

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie had declared it Michael Tilson Thomas Day. City Hall glowed MTT’s trademark blue. Davies Symphony Hall, where Tilson Thomas presided over the San Francisco ...

JTA — Half a century ago, in the fall of 1969, Michael Tilson Thomas — a promising, young conductor and scion of Yiddish theater royalty — lifted his baton for his New York debut with the ...