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Michael Tilson Thomas
Michael Tilson Thomas was an American conductor, composer, pianist and music pedagogue. He was music director of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra from 1971 to 1979. He founded the New World Symphony, an American orchestral academy in Miami Beach, Florida, in 1987, serving as artistic director until 2022 and then as artistic director laureate. Thomas was principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra from 1988 to 1995, and then music director of the San Francisco Symphony until 2020. He conducted a wide repertoire of music, with a focus on the works by Gustav Mahler and of contemporary American music; he was the first to record some works by Aaron Copland, Charles Ives, and Steve Reich. Thomas appeared on television in the Young People's Concerts with the New York Philharmonic and hosted the Keeping Score series. He collaborated with popular artists including Elvis Costello and Metallica. His compositions include From the Diary of Anne Frank, Shówa/Shoáh for the 50th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, Poems of Emily Dickinson, and Meditations on Rilke. He was the subject of the American Masters documentary Michael Tilson Thomas: Where Now Is. From Wikipedia (

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Swan Lake, Op. 20: Act II: 10. Scène: Moderato; Piu mosso
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Swan Lake, Op. 20: VII. Coda: Allegro vivo
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Rodeo: Hoe-Down
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Carmina Burana: O Fortuna
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Romeo et Juliette, Op. 64 (Excerpts): No. 13, Danse des chevaliers
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Albums

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Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 in E Major, WAB 107 (Live at Verbier Festival, 2005)

Upcoming Album
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New World Jazz

2025
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Stravinsky In America (2024 Remaster)

2025
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Debussy: Violin Sonata; Cello Sonata; Sonata for Flute, Viola & Harp; Syrinx

2025
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Berlioz: Sinfonie Fantastique

2025
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Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet (2024 Remaster)

2025
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Mahler: Symphony No. 7 (2024 Remastered Version)

2025
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Mahler: Das klagende Lied

2025
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Tuck and Roll - The Music of Steven Mackey (2024 Remaster)

2025
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Strauss: Four Last Songs (2024 Remaster)

2025

Singles & EPs

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Tilson Thomas: You Come Here Often?

Single • 2023
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Ravel: La Valse

EP • 2020
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Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements

EP • 2020
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Berg: Seven Early Songs, Die Nachtigall

Single • 2021
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Mahler: Selections from Des Knaben Wunderhorn (feat. Sasha Cooke)

EP • 2020
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Brant: Ice Field (Binaural Edition)

EP • 2019
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Wagner: Siegfried Idyll, WWV 103

EP • 2020
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Stravinsky: Canticum sacrum

EP • 2020
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Berlioz: Overture to Benvenuto Cellini

EP • 2020
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Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms

EP • 2020

Videos

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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake - Finale

Giuseppe • 1.2M views
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1986 - John McLaughlin & 'Tonight Show' Big Band - Cherokee (HD)

Standard Time • 19K views
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Barber; Adagio for Strings, op. 11 - London Philharmonic Orchestra; Michael Tilson Thomas (HD)

8 min 37 sec • Classical music movies (Music & photography)
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The Fast Supper

maodonalds • 6.2K views
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Mahavishnu Orchestra with The London Symphony Orchestra - Vision is a naked sword

VizZzDeuH • 15K views
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George Gershwin, 1925: Rhapsody in Blue - Soloist, George Gershwin - Columbia M 34205

davidhertzberg • 63K views
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Gershwin 'Funny Face' Overture - John Wilson Orchestra

adam28xx • 482K views
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A. Márquez: Danzón No.1 [Score + Audio]

Faug • 10K views
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Paul Dukas - Villanelle pour Cor & Piano

Maryam AZZURO-ILYASOVA • 4.1K views
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[Full Score] George Gershwin - Second Rhapsody (1931) for piano and orchestra

AndewMole • 1.9K views

Live performances

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SF Symphony Youth Orchestra | Romeo & Juliet

San Francisco Symphony • 6.2K views
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SFS on Tour: Michael Tilson Thomas' Agnegram at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts

San Francisco Symphony • 3.1K views
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Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4

Renée Fleming, Heitor Villa-Lobos, New World Symphony, and Michael Tilson Thomas • 89K views

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Essential Classical

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