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class="">Michael Tilson Thomas</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:MTTKeepingScore.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Tilson Thomas in 2008"><img alt="Tilson Thomas in 2008" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/MTTKeepingScore.jpg/220px-MTTKeepingScore.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="287" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/MTTKeepingScore.jpg/330px-MTTKeepingScore.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/MTTKeepingScore.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="522" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Tilson Thomas in 2008</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de">Background information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1944-12-21</span>) </span>December 21, 1944<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 79)</span><br />Los Angeles, California</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data">Classical</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role">Conductor, pianist, composer</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://michaeltilsonthomas.com">michaeltilsonthomas<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Musical artist</div> <p><b>Michael Tilson Thomas</b> (born December 21, 1944) is an American conductor, pianist and composer. He is <a href="/wiki/Artistic_Director" class="mw-redirect" title="Artistic Director">Artistic Director</a> Laureate of the <a href="/wiki/New_World_Symphony_(orchestra)" title="New World Symphony (orchestra)">New World Symphony</a>, an American orchestral academy in <a href="/wiki/Miami_Beach,_Florida" title="Miami Beach, Florida">Miami Beach, Florida</a>, Music Director Laureate of the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Symphony" title="San Francisco Symphony">San Francisco Symphony</a>, and Conductor Laureate of the <a href="/wiki/London_Symphony_Orchestra" title="London Symphony Orchestra">London Symphony Orchestra</a>. He gave his last performance with the San Francisco Symphony in January 2024 while fighting brain cancer.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He led the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Symphony" title="Houston Symphony">Houston Symphony</a> Orchestra and Chorus in <a href="/wiki/Beethoven%27s_9th_Symphony" class="mw-redirect" title="Beethoven's 9th Symphony">Beethoven's 9th Symphony</a> on November 14, 2024. <sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Tilson_Thomas&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span 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teacher, respectively. He is the grandson of noted <a href="/wiki/Yiddish_theater" class="mw-redirect" title="Yiddish theater">Yiddish theater</a> stars <a href="/wiki/Boris_Thomashefsky" title="Boris Thomashefsky">Boris</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bessie_Thomashefsky" title="Bessie Thomashefsky">Bessie Thomashefsky</a>, who performed in the <a href="/wiki/Yiddish_Theater_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Yiddish Theater District">Yiddish Theater District</a> in Manhattan. The family talent goes back to Tilson Thomas's great-grandfather, Pincus, an actor and playwright, and before that to a long line of <a href="/wiki/Cantor" title="Cantor">cantors</a>; his father, Theodor Herzl Tomashefsky (Ted Thomas), was also a poet and painter. </p><p>He was an only child and musical prodigy.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tilson Thomas studied piano with John Crown and composition and conducting under <a href="/wiki/Ingolf_Dahl" title="Ingolf Dahl">Ingolf Dahl</a> at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Southern_California" title="University of Southern California">University of Southern California</a>, where he graduated from the USC Thornton School of Music '67 and MM '76. As a student of <a href="/wiki/Friedelind_Wagner" title="Friedelind Wagner">Friedelind Wagner</a>, Tilson Thomas was a Musical Assistant and Assistant Conductor at the <a href="/wiki/Bayreuth_Festival" title="Bayreuth Festival">Bayreuth Festival</a>. </p><p>Tilson Thomas lives in San Francisco with his husband and partner of over 40 years, Joshua Robison.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The couple married on November 2, 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On August 6, 2021, Tilson Thomas disclosed publicly for the first time that he had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer, called <a href="/wiki/Glioblastoma_multiforme" class="mw-redirect" title="Glioblastoma multiforme">glioblastoma multiforme</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NWS2022_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NWS2022-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On January 9, 2022, Tilson Thomas returned to his hometown to conduct—for the first time since his cancer disclosure—the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Despite the small audience at Walt Disney Hall due to more than 43,000 newly-diagnosed cases of COVID-19 in L.A. County, Tilson Thomas was greeted warmly by the appreciative audience. He proceeded to lead an acclaimed concert of works by Gabriel Fauré, Tilson Thomas' own <a href="/wiki/Meditations_on_Rilke" title="Meditations on Rilke">Meditations on Rilke</a>—wistful reflections on life and death as the composer turned 75 in 2019—and to conclude, a stunning performance of Sergei Prokofiev's monumental 5th Symphony.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Tilson_Thomas&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tilson Thomas has conducted a wide variety of music and is a particular champion of modern American works. He is also renowned for his interpretation of the works of <a href="/wiki/Gustav_Mahler" title="Gustav Mahler">Gustav Mahler</a>; he has recorded all nine Mahler symphonies and other major orchestral works with the San Francisco Symphony. These recordings have been released on the high-resolution audio format <a href="/wiki/Super_Audio_CD" title="Super Audio CD">Super Audio CD</a> on the San Francisco Symphony's own recording label. Tilson Thomas is also known as a premier interpreter of the works of <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Copland" title="Aaron Copland">Aaron Copland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charles_Ives" title="Charles Ives">Charles Ives</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Steve_Reich" title="Steve Reich">Steve Reich</a>. </p><p>A sampling of Tilson Thomas's own compositions include <i>From the Diary of Anne Frank</i> (1990),<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Shówa/Shoáh</i> (1995, memorializing the fiftieth anniversary of the <a href="/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki" title="Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki">bombing of Hiroshima</a>),<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Poems of Emily Dickinson</i> (2002)<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i>Urban Legend</i> (2002).<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Tilson Thomas has also been devoted to music education. He leads a series of education programs titled <i><a href="/wiki/Keeping_Score_(classical_music)" title="Keeping Score (classical music)">Keeping Score</a></i> which offers insight into the lives and works of great composers, and led a series of Young People's Concerts with the New York Philharmonic. Tilson Thomas founded the New World Symphony in Miami in 1987. Most recently, Tilson Thomas has led two incarnations of the <a href="/wiki/YouTube_Symphony_Orchestra" title="YouTube Symphony Orchestra">YouTube Symphony Orchestra</a>, which brings young musicians from around the world together for a week of music making and learning. </p><p>Tilson Thomas currently serves as president of the Tomashefsky Project, a $2 million undertaking formed in 2017 that is intended to record and preserve his grandparents' theatrical achievements, and is on the faculty of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Southern_California" title="University of Southern California">University of Southern California</a> <a href="/wiki/Thornton_School_of_Music" class="mw-redirect" title="Thornton School of Music">Thornton School of Music</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Due to health concerns, Tilson Thomas announced on March 2, 2022, he would be stepping down as the Artistic Director of the New World Symphony and instead serve as the Artistic Director Laureate.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Boston,_Buffalo,_New_York,_and_Los_Angeles"><span id="Boston.2C_Buffalo.2C_New_York.2C_and_Los_Angeles"></span>Boston, Buffalo, New York, and Los Angeles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Tilson_Thomas&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Boston, Buffalo, New York, and Los Angeles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From 1968 to 1994, Tilson Thomas was the Music Director of the <a href="/wiki/Ojai_Music_Festival" title="Ojai Music Festival">Ojai Music Festival</a> seven times. After winning the Koussevitzky Prize at Tanglewood in 1969, Tilson Thomas was named Assistant Conductor of the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Symphony_Orchestra" title="Boston Symphony Orchestra">Boston Symphony Orchestra</a>. That same year, he made his conducting debut with the orchestra, replacing an unwell <a href="/wiki/William_Steinberg" title="William Steinberg">William Steinberg</a> mid-concert and thereby coming into international recognition at the age of 24. He stayed with the Boston Symphony as Principal Guest Conductor until 1974<sup id="cite_ref-BSO_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BSO-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and made several recordings with the orchestra for <a href="/wiki/Deutsche_Grammophon" title="Deutsche Grammophon">Deutsche Grammophon</a>. He was music director of the <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Philharmonic_Orchestra" title="Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra">Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra</a> from 1971 to 1979, and recorded for <a href="/wiki/Columbia_Records" title="Columbia Records">Columbia Records</a> with the orchestra.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Michael_Tilson_Thomas_1977.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Michael_Tilson_Thomas_1977.jpg/220px-Michael_Tilson_Thomas_1977.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Michael_Tilson_Thomas_1977.jpg/330px-Michael_Tilson_Thomas_1977.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Michael_Tilson_Thomas_1977.jpg/440px-Michael_Tilson_Thomas_1977.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1548" data-file-height="1115" /></a><figcaption> Thomas conducting the New York Philharmonic Young People's Concert, 1977.</figcaption></figure> <p>Between 1971 and 1977, he also conducted the series of <a href="/wiki/Young_People%27s_Concerts" title="Young People's Concerts">Young People's Concerts</a> with the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Philharmonic" title="New York Philharmonic">New York Philharmonic</a> as well as the Young Musicians Foundation Debut Orchestra based in Los Angeles. From 1981 to 1985, he was principal guest conductor of the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Philharmonic_Orchestra" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra">Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra</a>. During a 1985 performance of Mahler's Eighth Symphony at the <a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Bowl" title="Hollywood Bowl">Hollywood Bowl</a>, a (police) helicopter flew over the venue, disrupting the concert. Tilson temporarily left the stage.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2007, he returned to the Hollywood Bowl leading the Los Angeles Philharmonic again in the Mahler Eighth, announcing jokingly, "Now where were we?" </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_World_and_London">New World and London</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Tilson_Thomas&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: New World and London"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1987, Tilson Thomas founded the <a href="/wiki/New_World_Symphony_Orchestra" class="mw-redirect" title="New World Symphony Orchestra">New World Symphony</a> in <a href="/wiki/Miami_Beach,_Florida" title="Miami Beach, Florida">Miami Beach, Florida</a>, an orchestral academy for gifted young musicians whose stated mission is "to prepare highly-gifted graduates of distinguished music programs for leadership roles in orchestras and ensembles around the world."<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He played an instrumental role in the development of the <a href="/wiki/Frank_Gehry" title="Frank Gehry">Frank Gehry</a>-designed <a href="/wiki/New_World_Center" title="New World Center">New World Center</a> in Miami Beach, which opened in 2011, and currently maintains a relationship with the organization as Artistic Director Laureate.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt-arch_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-arch-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (The two had personal history, with Gehry sometimes having baby-sat for Tilson Thomas back when both were growing up in Los Angeles.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt-arch_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-arch-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) In March 2022, Tilson Thomas announced that he is to stand down as Artistic Director of the New World Symphony as of June 1, 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-NWS2022_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NWS2022-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 1988 to 1995, Tilson Thomas was principal conductor of the <a href="/wiki/London_Symphony_Orchestra" title="London Symphony Orchestra">London Symphony Orchestra</a> (LSO), and recorded with them for such labels as Columbia (now Sony Classical), including the Symphony No. 3 of Mahler. From 1995, he held the title of principal guest conductor with the LSO, and became conductor laureate in 2016. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="San_Francisco">San Francisco</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Tilson_Thomas&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: San Francisco"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tilson Thomas became the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Symphony" title="San Francisco Symphony">San Francisco Symphony</a>'s 11th Music Director in 1995. He originally made his debut with the orchestra in January 1974 conducting <a href="/wiki/Gustav_Mahler" title="Gustav Mahler">Mahler's</a> <a href="/wiki/Symphony_no._9_(Mahler)" class="mw-redirect" title="Symphony no. 9 (Mahler)">Symphony No. 9</a>. During his first season with the San Francisco Symphony, Tilson Thomas included a work by an American composer on nearly every one of his programs, including the first performances ever by the orchestra of music by <a href="/wiki/Lou_Harrison" title="Lou Harrison">Lou Harrison</a>, and culminated with "An American Festival," a two-week focus on American music.<sup id="cite_ref-Kosman_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kosman-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2000, Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony presented a landmark 12-concert American Mavericks Festival, recognizing the innovative works of 20th century American composers. Additional season-ending festivals in Davies Symphony Hall have included explorations of the music of <a href="/wiki/Wagner" class="mw-redirect" title="Wagner">Wagner</a>, <a href="/wiki/Prokofiev" class="mw-redirect" title="Prokofiev">Prokofiev</a>, Mahler, <a href="/wiki/Stravinsky" class="mw-redirect" title="Stravinsky">Stravinsky</a>, <a href="/wiki/Beethoven" class="mw-redirect" title="Beethoven">Beethoven</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kurt_Weill" title="Kurt Weill">Weill</a>, including semi-staged productions of <a href="/wiki/Nikolai_Rimsky-Korsakov" title="Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov">Rimsky-Korsakov's</a> opera-ballet <i><a href="/wiki/Mlada_(Rimsky-Korsakov)" title="Mlada (Rimsky-Korsakov)">Mlada</a></i>, Beethoven's <i><a href="/wiki/Fidelio" title="Fidelio">Fidelio</a></i>, and Wagner's <i><a href="/wiki/Der_fliegende_Holl%C3%A4nder" title="Der fliegende Holländer">The Flying Dutchman</a></i>. </p><p>During his tenure, the orchestra began to issue recordings on its own SFS Media label. </p><p>In April 2005, he conducted the <a href="/wiki/Carnegie_Hall" title="Carnegie Hall">Carnegie Hall</a> premiere of <i>The Thomashefskys: Music and Memories of a Life in the Yiddish Theater,</i> partly as a tribute to his own grandparents.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other American orchestras have since performed this production, including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Philharmonic" title="Los Angeles Philharmonic">Los Angeles Philharmonic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boston_Symphony_Orchestra" title="Boston Symphony Orchestra">Boston Symphony Orchestra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Orchestra" title="Philadelphia Orchestra">Philadelphia Orchestra</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_Philharmonic" title="New York Philharmonic">New York Philharmonic</a>, New World Symphony and <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Symphony" title="San Francisco Symphony">San Francisco Symphony</a>. It has also been recorded for future broadcast on <a href="/wiki/PBS" title="PBS">PBS</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Tilson Thomas collaborated with YouTube in 2009 to help create the <a href="/wiki/YouTube_Symphony_Orchestra" title="YouTube Symphony Orchestra">YouTube Symphony Orchestra</a>, an orchestra whose members were selected from 30 countries based on more than 3,000 video auditions on YouTube. The Orchestra, as well as such soloists as <a href="/wiki/Mason_Bates" title="Mason Bates">Mason Bates</a>, <a href="/wiki/Measha_Brueggergosman" title="Measha Brueggergosman">Measha Brueggergosman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joshua_Roman" title="Joshua Roman">Joshua Roman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gil_Shaham" title="Gil Shaham">Gil Shaham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yuja_Wang" title="Yuja Wang">Yuja Wang</a>, and Jess Larsen, and participated in a classical music summit in New York City at the <a href="/wiki/Juilliard_School" title="Juilliard School">Juilliard School</a> over three days. The event culminated in a live concert at <a href="/wiki/Carnegie_Hall" title="Carnegie Hall">Carnegie Hall</a> on Wednesday, April 15. The concert was later made available on YouTube.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On March 20, 2011, Tilson Thomas also conducted the "YTSO2" (YouTube Symphony Orchestra 2) in <a href="/wiki/Sydney" title="Sydney">Sydney</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2017, the orchestra announced that Tilson Thomas would conclude his tenure as its music director at the close of the 2019–2020 season, and subsequently take the title of music director laureate.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Kosman_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kosman-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Film_and_TV">Film and TV</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Tilson_Thomas&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Film and TV"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>His first television appearances were in the <a href="/wiki/Young_People%27s_Concerts" title="Young People's Concerts">Young People's Concerts</a> with the New York Philharmonic, airing from 1971 to 1977.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has also made regular appearances on PBS, with broadcasts featuring Tilson Thomas airing from 1972 through 2008. Eight episodes of WNET's <i><a href="/wiki/Great_Performances" title="Great Performances">Great Performances</a></i> series have featured Tilson Thomas. He has also been featured on Japan's <a href="/wiki/NHK" title="NHK">NHK</a> and the <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> many times in the last three decades. </p><p>In 1976, Tilson Thomas appeared alongside <a href="/wiki/Bugs_Bunny" title="Bugs Bunny">Bugs Bunny</a> and <a href="/wiki/Daffy_Duck" title="Daffy Duck">Daffy Duck</a> in a prime-time special, <i><a href="/wiki/Bugs_and_Daffy%27s_Carnival_of_the_Animals" title="Bugs and Daffy's Carnival of the Animals">Bugs and Daffy's Carnival of the Animals</a></i>, a combined live action/animated broadcast of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Carnival_of_the_Animals" title="The Carnival of the Animals">The Carnival of the Animals</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Saint-Sa%C3%ABns" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint-Saëns">Saint-Saëns</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-IMDb_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IMDb-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2011, he hosted a concert stage show celebrating his grandparents and the music of American Yiddish theatre <i>The Thomashefskys: Music and Memories of a Life in the Yiddish Theater</i>, which aired in 2012 on the PBS series "Great Performances." <sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Tilson Thomas hosted the <i><a href="/wiki/Keeping_Score_(classical_music)" title="Keeping Score (classical music)">Keeping Score</a></i> television series, nine one-hour documentary-style episodes and eight live-concert programs, which began airing nationally on <a href="/wiki/PBS" title="PBS">PBS</a> stations in early November 2006. He and the San Francisco Symphony have examined the lives and music of Gustav Mahler, Dmitri Shostakovich, Charles Ives, Hector Berlioz, Aaron Copland, Igor Stravinsky, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, and Ludwig van Beethoven. </p> <dl><dt><i>Keeping Score</i> discography</dt></dl> <ul><li>Tchaikovsky's 4th Symphony – 2004</li> <li>Beethoven's Eroica – 2006</li> <li>Copland and the American Sound – 2006</li> <li>Stravinsky's Rite of Spring – 2006</li> <li>Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique – 2009</li> <li>Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5 – 2009</li> <li>Ives' Holiday Symphony – 2009</li> <li>Mahler: Origins and Legacy – 2011</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Partial_discography">Partial discography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Tilson_Thomas&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Partial discography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tilson Thomas has made more than 120 recordings, including works by Bach, Mahler, Beethoven, Prokofiev and Stravinsky as well as his pioneering work with the music of Charles Ives, Carl Ruggles, Steve Reich, John Cage, Ingolf Dahl, Morton Feldman, George Gershwin, John McLaughlin and Elvis Costello. He has recorded the complete orchestral works of Gustav Mahler with the San Francisco Symphony. </p> <table class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Orchestra </th> <th>Composer </th> <th>Work (and soloists, if any) </th> <th>Label </th></tr> <tr> <td>1991 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/London_Symphony_Orchestra" title="London Symphony Orchestra">London Symphony Orchestra</a> </td> <td>Adam </td> <td>Music from "Giselle" </td> <td>Sony </td></tr> <tr> <td>1990 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/London_Symphony_Orchestra" title="London Symphony Orchestra">London Symphony Orchestra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ambrosian_Singers" title="Ambrosian Singers">Ambrosian Singers</a> </td> <td>Beethoven </td> <td>Late Choral Music </td> <td>CBS Masterworks </td></tr> <tr> <td>1986 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Orchestra_of_St._Luke%27s" title="Orchestra of St. Luke's">Orchestra of St. Luke's</a> </td> <td>Beethoven </td> <td>Symphony No. 3 <br />Contredanses for Orchestra, WoO 14 </td> <td>CBS Masterworks </td></tr> <tr> <td>2010 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Symphony" title="San Francisco Symphony">San Francisco Symphony</a> </td> <td>Beethoven </td> <td>Symphony No. 5 <br />Piano Concerto No. 4 (Ax) </td> <td>SFS Media </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/English_Chamber_Orchestra" title="English Chamber Orchestra">English Chamber Orchestra</a> </td> <td>Beethoven </td> <td>Symphony No. 6, "Pastorale" </td> <td>Sony Classical </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/London_Symphony_Orchestra" title="London Symphony Orchestra">London Symphony Orchestra</a> </td> <td>Bernstein </td> <td>Arias and Barcarolles (von Stade, Hampson), Suite from A Quiet Place and Symphonic Dances from West Side Story. For details, see <a href="/wiki/Arias_and_Barcarolles_(Michael_Tilson_Thomas_recording)" class="mw-redirect" title="Arias and Barcarolles (Michael Tilson Thomas recording)">Arias and Barcarolles (Michael Tilson Thomas recording)</a> </td> <td>Deutsche Grammophon </td></tr> <tr> <td>1993 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/London_Symphony_Orchestra" title="London Symphony Orchestra">London Symphony Orchestra</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_Voices" title="London Voices">London Voices</a> </td> <td>Bernstein </td> <td>On the Town (Daly, von Stade, Lear, Laine, McLaughlin, Hampson, Garrison, Ollmann, Ramey) For details, see <a href="/wiki/On_the_Town_(Michael_Tilson_Thomas_recording)" class="mw-redirect" title="On the Town (Michael Tilson Thomas recording)">On the Town (Michael Tilson Thomas recording)</a> </td> <td>Deutsche Grammophon </td></tr> <tr> <td>1991 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/London_Symphony_Orchestra" title="London Symphony Orchestra">London Symphony Orchestra</a> </td> <td>Brahms </td> <td>Serenade No. 1<br />Tragic Overture<br />Academic Festival Overture </td> <td>Sony Classical </td></tr> <tr> <td>1992 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/London_Symphony_Orchestra" title="London Symphony Orchestra">London Symphony Orchestra</a> </td> <td>Brahms </td> <td>Serenade No. 2 / Haydn<br />Variations / Hungarian<br />Dances – selections </td> <td>Sony Classical </td></tr> <tr> <td>2002 </td> <td> </td> <td>Stravinsky<br />Cage<br />Reich </td> <td>The Rite of Spring <br />Three Dances<br />Four Organs </td> <td>Angel Records </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Symphony" title="San Francisco Symphony">San Francisco Symphony</a> </td> <td>Copland </td> <td>Concerto for Piano and Orchestra<br />Orchestra Variations<br />Short Symphony<br />Symphonic Ode (with Garrick Ohlsson) </td> <td>RCA Victor Red Seal </td></tr> <tr> <td>1972 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boston_Symphony_Orchestra" title="Boston Symphony Orchestra">Boston Symphony Orchestra</a> </td> <td>Debussy </td> <td>Images<br />Prélude À L'Après-Midi D'Un Faune </td> <td>Deutsche Grammophon </td></tr> <tr> <td>1993 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/London_Symphony_Orchestra" title="London Symphony Orchestra">London Symphony Orchestra</a> and <a href="/wiki/London_Symphony_Chorus" title="London Symphony Chorus">Chorus</a> </td> <td>Debussy </td> <td>Le martyre de St. Sebastien (with McNair, Murray, Stutzman, Caron) </td> <td>Sony Classical </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boston_Symphony_Orchestra" title="Boston Symphony Orchestra">Boston Symphony Orchestra</a> Chamber Players </td> <td>Debussy </td> <td>Sonata No. 1 for Cello and Piano (Eskin, Tilson Thomas) <br />Sonata No. 2 for Flute, Viola and Harp (Dwyer, Fine, Hobson)<br />Violin Sonata (Silverstein, Tilson Thomas) </td> <td>Deutsche Grammophon </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_World_Symphony_(orchestra)" title="New World Symphony (orchestra)">New World Symphony</a> </td> <td>Feldman </td> <td>Coptic Light (Cohen, Feinberg) </td> <td>Argo </td></tr> <tr> <td>1976 </td> <td>Columbia Jazz Band,<br /><a href="/wiki/New_York_Philharmonic" title="New York Philharmonic">New York Philharmonic</a> </td> <td>Gershwin </td> <td>Rhapsody in Blue (composer, piano roll)<br />An American in Paris </td> <td>Columbia </td></tr> <tr> <td>1990 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Philharmonic_Orchestra" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra">Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra</a> </td> <td>Gershwin </td> <td>Gershwin Live! (Vaughan, Tilson Thomas) </td> <td>Sony Classical </td></tr> <tr> <td>1984 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Philharmonic_Orchestra" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra">Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra</a> </td> <td>Gershwin </td> <td>Rhapsody in Blue (Tilson Thomas)<br />Second Rhapsody for Orchestra with Piano <br />Preludes for Piano Promenade<br />Unpublished Piano Works </td> <td>Columbia </td></tr> <tr> <td>1970 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boston_Symphony_Orchestra" title="Boston Symphony Orchestra">Boston Symphony Orchestra</a> </td> <td>Ives<br />Ruggles<br />Piston </td> <td>Three Places in New England<br />Sun-treader </td> <td>Deutsche Grammophon </td></tr> <tr> <td>1991 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Symphony_Orchestra" title="Chicago Symphony Orchestra">Chicago Symphony Orchestra</a> </td> <td>Ives </td> <td>Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4 </td> <td>Sony Classical </td></tr> <tr> <td>2002 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Symphony" title="San Francisco Symphony">San Francisco Symphony</a> </td> <td>Ives </td> <td>An American Journey </td> <td>RCA Victor Red Seal </td></tr> <tr> <td>1990 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Symphony_Orchestra" title="Chicago Symphony Orchestra">Chicago Symphony Orchestra</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Symphony_Chorus" title="Chicago Symphony Chorus">Chorus</a> </td> <td>Ives </td> <td>Holiday Symphony<br />Unanswered Question (Herseth)<br />Central Park in the Dark </td> <td>Sony Classical </td></tr> <tr> <td>1992 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/London_Symphony_Orchestra" title="London Symphony Orchestra">London Symphony Orchestra</a> and <a href="/wiki/London_Symphony_Chorus" title="London Symphony Chorus">Chorus</a> </td> <td>Janáček </td> <td>Glagolitic Mass (Benackova, Palmer, Lakes, Kotscherga)<br />Sinfonietta </td> <td>Sony Classical </td></tr> <tr> <td>1974 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/London_Symphony_Orchestra" title="London Symphony Orchestra">London Symphony Orchestra</a> </td> <td>Mahavishnu </td> <td>Apocalypse (Mahavishnu Orchestra) </td> <td>Sony Classical </td></tr> <tr> <td>2004 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Symphony" title="San Francisco Symphony">San Francisco Symphony</a> </td> <td>Mahler </td> <td>Symphony No. 1 </td> <td>SFS Media </td></tr> <tr> <td>2004 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Symphony" title="San Francisco Symphony">San Francisco Symphony</a> and <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Symphony_Chorus" title="San Francisco Symphony Chorus">Chorus</a> </td> <td>Mahler </td> <td>Symphony No. 2 </td> <td>SFS Media </td></tr> <tr> <td>2004 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Symphony" title="San Francisco Symphony">San Francisco Symphony</a> and <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Symphony_Chorus" title="San Francisco Symphony Chorus">Chorus</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Boychoir" title="Pacific Boychoir">Pacific Boychoir</a>,<br />San Francisco Symphony Girls Chorus </td> <td>Mahler </td> <td>Symphony No. 3<br />Kindertotenlieder (DeYoung) </td> <td>SFS Media </td></tr> <tr> <td>2004 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Symphony" title="San Francisco Symphony">San Francisco Symphony</a> </td> <td>Mahler </td> <td>Symphony No. 4 (Claycomb) </td> <td>SFS Media </td></tr> <tr> <td>2004 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Symphony" title="San Francisco Symphony">San Francisco Symphony</a> </td> <td>Mahler </td> <td>Symphony No. 5 </td> <td>SFS Media </td></tr> <tr> <td>2004 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Symphony" title="San Francisco Symphony">San Francisco Symphony</a> </td> <td>Mahler </td> <td>Symphony No. 6 </td> <td>SFS Media </td></tr> <tr> <td>2005 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Symphony" title="San Francisco Symphony">San Francisco Symphony</a> </td> <td>Mahler </td> <td>Symphony No. 7 </td> <td>SFS Media </td></tr> <tr> <td>2009 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Symphony" title="San Francisco Symphony">San Francisco Symphony</a> and <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Symphony_Chorus" title="San Francisco Symphony Chorus">Chorus</a>,<br /> <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Boychoir" title="Pacific Boychoir">Pacific Boychoir</a>, <br />San Francisco Girls Chorus </td> <td>Mahler </td> <td>Symphony No. 8 </td> <td>SFS Media </td></tr> <tr> <td>2005 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Symphony" title="San Francisco Symphony">San Francisco Symphony</a> </td> <td>Mahler </td> <td>Symphony No. 9 </td> <td>SFS Media </td></tr> <tr> <td>2008 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Symphony" title="San Francisco Symphony">San Francisco Symphony</a> </td> <td>Mahler </td> <td>Das Klagende Lied (Shaguch, DeYoung, Moser, Lieferkus)<br />Das Lied von der Erde (Skelton, Hampson) </td> <td>RCA Red Seal </td></tr> <tr> <td>1990 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/London_Symphony_Orchestra" title="London Symphony Orchestra">London Symphony Orchestra</a> and <a href="/wiki/London_Symphony_Chorus" title="London Symphony Chorus">Chorus</a>, <br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_End_Boys&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="South End Boys (page does not exist)">South End Boys</a> </td> <td>Mahler </td> <td>Symphony No. 3<br /> Rückert Lieder (Baker) </td> <td>Sony Classical </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/London_Symphony_Orchestra" title="London Symphony Orchestra">London Symphony Orchestra</a> </td> <td>Mahler </td> <td>Symphony No. 7 </td> <td>RCA Victor Red Seal </td></tr> <tr> <td>2010 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Symphony" title="San Francisco Symphony">San Francisco Symphony</a> </td> <td>Mahler </td> <td>Songs with Orchestra (Graham, Hampson) </td> <td>SFS Media </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_World_Symphony_(orchestra)" title="New World Symphony (orchestra)">New World Symphony</a> </td> <td>New World Jazz </td> <td>New World Jazz </td> <td>RCA Victor Red Seal </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/London_Symphony_Orchestra" title="London Symphony Orchestra">London Symphony Orchestra</a> </td> <td>Prokofiev </td> <td>Symphonies Nos. 1 & 5 </td> <td>Sony Classical </td></tr> <tr> <td>2004 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Symphony" title="San Francisco Symphony">San Francisco Symphony</a> </td> <td>Prokofiev </td> <td>Romeo & Juliet </td> <td>RCA Red Seal </td></tr> <tr> <td>1991 </td> <td>Hungarian State Orchestra </td> <td>Puccini </td> <td>Tosca (Marton, Carreras, Pons, Tajo) </td> <td>Sony Classical </td></tr> <tr> <td>1989 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/London_Symphony_Orchestra" title="London Symphony Orchestra">London Symphony Orchestra</a> </td> <td>Ravel </td> <td>Ma mère l'oye<br />Bolero<br />Pavane pour une infante défunte<br />Pièce en forme de Habañera<br />L'éventail de Jeanne<br />Fanfare </td> <td>Sony Classical </td></tr> <tr> <td>1990 </td> <td>Colorado Quartet, <br />Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra </td> <td>Reich </td> <td>The Desert Music </td> <td>Nonesuch </td></tr> <tr> <td>1994 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/London_Symphony_Orchestra" title="London Symphony Orchestra">London Symphony Orchestra</a> </td> <td>Reich </td> <td>The Three movements </td> <td>Nonesuch </td></tr> <tr> <td>1980 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Philharmonic" class="mw-redirect" title="Buffalo Philharmonic">Buffalo Philharmonic</a> </td> <td>Ruggles </td> <td>Complete Music of Carl Ruggles </td> <td>Columbia </td></tr> <tr> <td>1971 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boston_Symphony_Orchestra" title="Boston Symphony Orchestra">Boston Symphony Orchestra</a> </td> <td>Schuman<br />Piston </td> <td>Violin Concerto (<a href="/wiki/Paul_Zukofsky" title="Paul Zukofsky">Paul Zukofsky</a>)<br />Symphony No. 2 </td> <td>Deutsche Grammophon </td></tr> <tr> <td>1986 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/London_Symphony_Orchestra" title="London Symphony Orchestra">London Symphony Orchestra</a> </td> <td>Strauss, R. </td> <td>Ein Heldenleben<br />Till Eulenspiegels Lustige Streiche </td> <td>Columbia </td></tr> <tr> <td>1972 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boston_Symphony_Orchestra" title="Boston Symphony Orchestra">Boston Symphony Orchestra</a> </td> <td>Stravinsky </td> <td>Le sacre du printemps<br />Le roi des etoiles </td> <td>Deutsche Grammophon </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/London_Symphony_Orchestra" title="London Symphony Orchestra">London Symphony Orchestra</a> </td> <td>Stravinsky </td> <td>Stravinsky in America </td> <td>Sony Classical </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Symphony" title="San Francisco Symphony">San Francisco Symphony</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Symphony_Chorus" title="San Francisco Symphony Chorus">San Francisco Symphony Chorus</a>,<br /> <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Girls_Chorus" title="San Francisco Girls Chorus">San Francisco Girls Chorus</a>, <br /><a href="/wiki/Ragazzi_Boys_Chorus" title="Ragazzi Boys Chorus">Ragazzi, the Peninsula Boys Chorus</a> </td> <td>Stravinsky </td> <td>Le sacre du printemps<br />L'oiseau de feu<br />Persephone </td> <td>RCA Victor Red Seal </td></tr> <tr> <td>1993 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_World_Symphony_(orchestra)" title="New World Symphony (orchestra)">New World Symphony</a> </td> <td>Tangazo </td> <td>Tangazo </td> <td>Argo </td></tr> <tr> <td>1970 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boston_Symphony_Orchestra" title="Boston Symphony Orchestra">Boston Symphony Orchestra</a> </td> <td>Tchaikovsky </td> <td>Symphony No. 1 </td> <td>Deutsche Grammophon </td></tr> <tr> <td>1990 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philharmonia_Orchestra" title="Philharmonia Orchestra">Philharmonia Orchestra</a> </td> <td>Tchaikovsky </td> <td>Suite No. 2<br />Suite No. 4 </td> <td>Sony Classical </td></tr> <tr> <td>2005 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Berliner_Philharmoniker" class="mw-redirect" title="Berliner Philharmoniker">Berliner Philharmoniker</a> </td> <td>Tchaikovsky </td> <td>Violin Concerto (Bell)<br />Méditation No. 1: Souvenir d'un lieucher<br />Swan Lake: Danse russe </td> <td>RCA Red Seal </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_World_Symphony_(orchestra)" title="New World Symphony (orchestra)">New World Symphony</a>, <a href="/wiki/BBC_Singers" title="BBC Singers">BBC Singers</a> </td> <td>Villa Lobos </td> <td>Bachianas Brasileiras Nos. 4 & 5 (Fleming)<br />Bachianas Brasileiras No. 9<br />Coros Nos. 5 & 10 </td> <td>RCA Victor Red Seal </td></tr> <tr> <td>1990 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/London_Symphony_Orchestra" title="London Symphony Orchestra">London Symphony Orchestra</a> </td> <td>Weill </td> <td>The Seven Deadly Sins (Migenes)<br />The Little Three Penny Music </td> <td>Sony Classical </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013 </td> <td>London Symphony Orchestra </td> <td>Saint-Saëns </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cello_Concerto_No._1_(Saint-Sa%C3%ABns)" title="Cello Concerto No. 1 (Saint-Saëns)">Cello Concertos n°1</a> Op.33 & <a href="/wiki/Cello_Concerto_No._2_(Saint-Sa%C3%ABns)" title="Cello Concerto No. 2 (Saint-Saëns)">n°2</a> Op.119 (<a href="/wiki/Steven_Isserlis" title="Steven Isserlis">Steven Isserlis</a>) </td> <td>RCA BMG </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_compositions">List of compositions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Tilson_Thomas&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: List of compositions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Orchestra">Orchestra</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Tilson_Thomas&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Orchestra"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>From the Diary of Anne Frank</i> (1990) for narrator and orchestra</li> <li><i>Shówa/Shoáh</i> (1995)</li> <li><i>Agnegram</i> (1998)</li> <li><i>Whitman Songs</i> (1999) for vocal baritone and orchestra</li> <li><i>Poems of Emily Dickinson</i> (2002) for vocal soprano and orchestra</li> <li><i>Urban Legend</i> (2002) for contrabassoon and orchestra</li> <li><i>Four Preludes on Playthings of the Wind</i> (2016) for mezzo-soprano, 2 female back-up singers, chamber orchestra, and bar band</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Meditations_on_Rilke" title="Meditations on Rilke">Meditations on Rilke</a></i> (2019) for mezzo-soprano, baritone, and orchestra</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chamber_ensemble">Chamber ensemble</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Tilson_Thomas&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Chamber ensemble"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Street Song for Symphonic Brass</i> (1988) for 3 C trumpets, B-flat flugelhorn, 4 horns in F, 2 trombones, bass trombone, and tuba</li> <li><i>Street Song for Brass Quintet</i> (1988) for brass quintet</li> <li><i>Five Songs</i> (1988) for vocal baritone and piano</li> <li><i>Grace</i> (1993) for vocal soprano</li> <li><i>Fame</i>, from <i>Poems of Emily Dickinson</i> (2001)</li> <li><i>Island Music</i> (2003) for 2 solo marimba, 2 tutti marimba, and 2 percussion</li> <li><i>Notturno</i> (2005) for flute and string quintet + harp (also available for flute and piano)</li> <li><i>Stay Together</i> (2006) for electronics</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Tilson_Thomas&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Classical_Compendium" title="Grammy Award for Best Classical Compendium">Grammy Award for Best Classical Compendium</a></b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/63rd_Annual_Grammy_Awards" title="63rd Annual Grammy Awards">2021</a> Conducting <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Symphony" title="San Francisco Symphony">San Francisco Symphony</a>, performing From the Diary of Anne Frank & Meditations on Rilke</li></ul> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Orchestral_Performance" title="Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance">Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance</a></b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Awards_of_2013" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Awards of 2013">2013</a> Conducting <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Symphony" title="San Francisco Symphony">San Francisco Symphony</a>, performing <i><a href="/wiki/John_Adams_(Composer)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Adams (Composer)">Adams</a>: Harmonielehre & Short Ride in a Fast Machine</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Awards_of_2006" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Awards of 2006">2006</a> Conducting <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Symphony" title="San Francisco Symphony">San Francisco Symphony</a>, performing <i><a href="/wiki/Mahler" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahler">Mahler</a>: <a href="/wiki/Symphony_No._7_(Mahler)" title="Symphony No. 7 (Mahler)">Symphony No. 7</a>.</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Awards_of_2003" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Awards of 2003">2003</a> Conducting the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Symphony" title="San Francisco Symphony">San Francisco Symphony</a>, performing <i><a href="/wiki/Mahler" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahler">Mahler</a>: <a href="/wiki/Symphony_No._6_(Mahler)" title="Symphony No. 6 (Mahler)">Symphony No. 6</a>.</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Awards_of_2000" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Awards of 2000">2000</a> Conducting the <a href="/wiki/Ragazzi_Boys_Chorus" title="Ragazzi Boys Chorus">Ragazzi, the Peninsula Boys Chorus</a>, the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Girls_Chorus" title="San Francisco Girls Chorus">San Francisco Girls Chorus</a>, the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Symphony" title="San Francisco Symphony">San Francisco Symphony</a> and <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Symphony_Chorus" title="San Francisco Symphony Chorus">Chorus</a>, performing <i><a href="/wiki/Stravinsky" class="mw-redirect" title="Stravinsky">Stravinsky</a>: <a href="/wiki/The_Firebird" title="The Firebird">The Firebird</a>;</i> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Rite_of_Spring" title="The Rite of Spring">The Rite of Spring</a>;</i> <i>Perséphone</i>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Awards_of_1997" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Awards of 1997">1997</a> Conducting the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Symphony" title="San Francisco Symphony">San Francisco Symphony</a>, performing <a href="/wiki/Prokofiev" class="mw-redirect" title="Prokofiev">Prokofiev</a>: <i><a href="/wiki/Romeo_and_Juliet_(Prokofiev)" title="Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev)">Romeo and Juliet</a></i> (scenes).</li></ul> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Classical_Album" title="Grammy Award for Best Classical Album">Grammy Award for Best Classical Album</a></b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Awards_of_2010" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Awards of 2010">2010</a> Conducting <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Symphony" title="San Francisco Symphony">San Francisco Symphony</a>, performing <i><a href="/wiki/Mahler" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahler">Mahler</a>: <a href="/wiki/Symphony_No._8_(Mahler)" title="Symphony No. 8 (Mahler)">Symphony No. 8</a>.</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Awards_of_2006" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Awards of 2006">2006</a> Conducting <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Symphony" title="San Francisco Symphony">San Francisco Symphony</a>, performing <i><a href="/wiki/Mahler" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahler">Mahler</a>: <a href="/wiki/Symphony_No._7_(Mahler)" title="Symphony No. 7 (Mahler)">Symphony No. 7</a>.</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Awards_of_2004" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Awards of 2004">2004</a> Conducting <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Symphony" title="San Francisco Symphony">San Francisco Symphony</a>, performing <i><a href="/wiki/Mahler" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahler">Mahler</a>: <a href="/wiki/Symphony_No._3_(Mahler)" title="Symphony No. 3 (Mahler)">Symphony No. 3</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kindertotenlieder" title="Kindertotenlieder">Kindertotenlieder</a></i>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Awards_of_2000" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Awards of 2000">2000</a> Conducting the <a href="/wiki/Ragazzi_Boys_Chorus" title="Ragazzi Boys Chorus">Ragazzi, the Peninsula Boy Chorus</a>, the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Girls_Chorus" title="San Francisco Girls Chorus">San Francisco Girls Chorus</a>, the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Symphony" title="San Francisco Symphony">San Francisco Symphony</a> and <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Symphony_Chorus" title="San Francisco Symphony Chorus">Chorus</a>, performing <i><a href="/wiki/Stravinsky" class="mw-redirect" title="Stravinsky">Stravinsky</a>: <a href="/wiki/The_Firebird" title="The Firebird">The Firebird</a>;</i> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Rite_of_Spring" title="The Rite of Spring">The Rite of Spring</a>;</i> <i>Perséphone.</i></li></ul> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Choral_Performance" title="Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance">Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance</a></b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Awards_of_2010" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Awards of 2010">2010</a> Conducting <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Symphony" title="San Francisco Symphony">San Francisco Symphony</a>, performing <i><a href="/wiki/Mahler" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahler">Mahler</a>: <a href="/wiki/Symphony_No._8_(Mahler)" title="Symphony No. 8 (Mahler)">Symphony No. 8</a>.</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Awards_of_1976" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Awards of 1976">1976</a> Conducting the Cleveland Boys Choir and <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Orchestra" title="Cleveland Orchestra">Cleveland Orchestra Chorus</a>, performing <i><a href="/wiki/Orff" class="mw-redirect" title="Orff">Orff</a>: <a href="/wiki/Carmina_Burana_(Orff)" title="Carmina Burana (Orff)">Carmina Burana</a>.</i></li></ul> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Peabody_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Peabody Award">Peabody Award</a></b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peabody_Awards_of_2007&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Peabody Awards of 2007 (page does not exist)">2007</a> <i>The MTT Files</i> produced by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Voegeli&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tom Voegeli (page does not exist)">Tom Voegeli</a> and <a href="/wiki/American_Public_Media" title="American Public Media">American Public Media</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p><b><a href="/wiki/National_Medal_of_Arts" title="National Medal of Arts">National Medal of Arts</a></b> </p> <ul><li>2009 National Medal of Arts.</li></ul> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Center_Honor" class="mw-redirect" title="Kennedy Center Honor">Kennedy Center Honor</a></b> </p> <ul><li>2019 Kennedy Center Honor was presented December 8, 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Tilson_Thomas&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Symphony" title="San Francisco Symphony">San Francisco Symphony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Symphony_Chorus" title="San Francisco Symphony Chorus">San Francisco Symphony Chorus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_World_Symphony_Orchestra" class="mw-redirect" title="New World Symphony Orchestra">New World Symphony Orchestra</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Artur_Schnabel" title="Artur Schnabel">Artur Schnabel</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Grigory_Sokolov" title="Grigory Sokolov">Grigory Sokolov</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mitsuko_Uchida" title="Mitsuko Uchida">Mitsuko Uchida</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">String/brass/<br />woodwind players</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Andr%C3%A9" title="Maurice André">Maurice André</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Brain" title="Dennis Brain">Dennis Brain</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Julian_Bream" title="Julian Bream">Julian Bream</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Pablo_Casals" title="Pablo Casals">Pablo Casals</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kyung_Wha_Chung" title="Kyung Wha Chung">Kyung Wha Chung</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jacqueline_du_Pr%C3%A9" title="Jacqueline du Pré">Jacqueline du Pré</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_Galway" title="James Galway">James Galway</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Grumiaux" title="Arthur Grumiaux">Arthur Grumiaux</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jascha_Heifetz" title="Jascha Heifetz">Jascha Heifetz</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Heinz_Holliger" title="Heinz Holliger">Heinz Holliger</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Steven_Isserlis" title="Steven Isserlis">Steven Isserlis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Fritz_Kreisler" title="Fritz Kreisler">Fritz Kreisler</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gidon_Kremer" title="Gidon Kremer">Gidon Kremer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Yo-Yo_Ma" title="Yo-Yo Ma">Yo-Yo Ma</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Wynton_Marsalis" title="Wynton Marsalis">Wynton Marsalis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Albrecht_Mayer" title="Albrecht Mayer">Albrecht Mayer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Yehudi_Menuhin" title="Yehudi Menuhin">Yehudi Menuhin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nathan_Milstein" title="Nathan Milstein">Nathan Milstein</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Anne-Sophie_Mutter" title="Anne-Sophie Mutter">Anne-Sophie Mutter</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/David_Oistrakh" title="David Oistrakh">David Oistrakh</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Emmanuel_Pahud" title="Emmanuel Pahud">Emmanuel Pahud</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Itzhak_Perlman" title="Itzhak Perlman">Itzhak Perlman</a></span></li> <li><span 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title="Amadeus Quartet">Amadeus Quartet</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Beaux_Arts_Trio" title="Beaux Arts Trio">Beaux Arts Trio</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/The_King%27s_Singers" title="The King's Singers">The King's Singers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tak%C3%A1cs_Quartet" title="Takács Quartet">Takács Quartet</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/The_Tallis_Scholars" title="The Tallis Scholars">The Tallis Scholars</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Producers/engineers/<br />record label executives</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Emile_Berliner" title="Emile Berliner">Emile Berliner</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bernard_Coutaz" title="Bernard Coutaz">Bernard Coutaz</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Culshaw" title="John Culshaw">John Culshaw</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/C._Robert_Fine" class="mw-redirect" title="C. 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Robert Fine</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Fred_Gaisberg" title="Fred Gaisberg">Fred Gaisberg</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Klaus_Heymann" title="Klaus Heymann">Klaus Heymann</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Alain Lanceron</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Walter_Legge" title="Walter Legge">Walter Legge</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Lewis_(Decca)" title="Edward Lewis (Decca)">Edward Lewis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Goddard_Lieberson" title="Goddard Lieberson">Goddard Lieberson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Mohr" title="Richard Mohr">Richard Mohr</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Ted Perry</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Wilkinson" title="Kenneth Wilkinson">Kenneth Wilkinson</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Kennedy_Center_Honorees_(2010s)" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Kennedy_Center_Honorees_2010s" title="Template:Kennedy Center Honorees 2010s"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Kennedy_Center_Honorees_2010s" title="Template talk:Kennedy Center Honorees 2010s"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Kennedy_Center_Honorees_2010s" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Kennedy Center Honorees 2010s"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Kennedy_Center_Honorees_(2010s)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Center_Honors" title="Kennedy Center Honors">Kennedy Center Honorees</a> (2010s)</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Merle_Haggard" title="Merle Haggard">Merle Haggard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Herman" title="Jerry Herman">Jerry Herman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_T._Jones" title="Bill T. 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Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_McCartney" title="Paul McCartney">Paul McCartney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oprah_Winfrey" title="Oprah Winfrey">Oprah Winfrey</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2011</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Cook" title="Barbara Cook">Barbara Cook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neil_Diamond" title="Neil Diamond">Neil Diamond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yo-Yo_Ma" title="Yo-Yo Ma">Yo-Yo Ma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonny_Rollins" title="Sonny Rollins">Sonny Rollins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meryl_Streep" title="Meryl Streep">Meryl Streep</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2012</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Buddy_Guy" title="Buddy Guy">Buddy Guy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dustin_Hoffman" title="Dustin Hoffman">Dustin Hoffman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Letterman" title="David Letterman">David Letterman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Led_Zeppelin" title="Led Zeppelin">Led Zeppelin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natalia_Makarova" title="Natalia Makarova">Natalia Makarova</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2013</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Martina_Arroyo" title="Martina Arroyo">Martina Arroyo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbie_Hancock" title="Herbie Hancock">Herbie Hancock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Joel" title="Billy Joel">Billy Joel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shirley_MacLaine" title="Shirley MacLaine">Shirley MacLaine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlos_Santana" title="Carlos Santana">Carlos Santana</a></li></ul> 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Moreno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seiji_Ozawa" title="Seiji Ozawa">Seiji Ozawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cicely_Tyson" title="Cicely Tyson">Cicely Tyson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2016</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Martha_Argerich" title="Martha Argerich">Martha Argerich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eagles_(band)" title="Eagles (band)">Eagles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Pacino" title="Al Pacino">Al Pacino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mavis_Staples" title="Mavis Staples">Mavis Staples</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Taylor" title="James Taylor">James Taylor</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2017</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carmen_de_Lavallade" title="Carmen de Lavallade">Carmen de Lavallade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gloria_Estefan" title="Gloria Estefan">Gloria Estefan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LL_Cool_J" title="LL Cool J">LL Cool J</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norman_Lear" title="Norman Lear">Norman Lear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lionel_Richie" title="Lionel Richie">Lionel Richie</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2018</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cher" title="Cher">Cher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_Glass" title="Philip Glass">Philip Glass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reba_McEntire" title="Reba McEntire">Reba McEntire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wayne_Shorter" title="Wayne Shorter">Wayne Shorter</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_(musical)" title="Hamilton (musical)">Hamilton</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Lin-Manuel_Miranda" title="Lin-Manuel Miranda">Lin-Manuel Miranda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Kail" title="Thomas Kail">Thomas Kail</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alex_Lacamoire" title="Alex Lacamoire">Alex Lacamoire</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Andy_Blankenbuehler" title="Andy Blankenbuehler">Andy Blankenbuehler</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2019</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Earth,_Wind_%26_Fire" title="Earth, Wind & Fire">Earth, Wind & Fire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sally_Field" title="Sally Field">Sally Field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linda_Ronstadt" title="Linda Ronstadt">Linda Ronstadt</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sesame_Street" title="Sesame Street">Sesame Street</a></i></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Michael Tilson Thomas</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" 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Carter">Benny Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Close" title="Chuck Close">Chuck Close</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horton_Foote" title="Horton Foote">Horton Foote</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Manilow" title="Lewis Manilow">Lewis Manilow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Public_Radio" class="mw-redirect" title="National Public Radio">National Public Radio</a>, cultural programming division</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claes_Oldenburg" title="Claes Oldenburg">Claes Oldenburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Itzhak_Perlman" title="Itzhak Perlman">Itzhak Perlman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Prince" title="Harold Prince">Harold Prince</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbra_Streisand" title="Barbra Streisand">Barbra Streisand</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2001</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alvin_Ailey_American_Dance_Theater" title="Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater">Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rudolfo_Anaya" title="Rudolfo Anaya">Rudolfo Anaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Cash" title="Johnny Cash">Johnny Cash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirk_Douglas" title="Kirk Douglas">Kirk Douglas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helen_Frankenthaler" title="Helen Frankenthaler">Helen Frankenthaler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judith_Jamison" title="Judith Jamison">Judith Jamison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yo-Yo_Ma" title="Yo-Yo Ma">Yo-Yo Ma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Nichols" title="Mike Nichols">Mike Nichols</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2002</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Florence_Knoll_Bassett" class="mw-redirect" title="Florence Knoll Bassett">Florence Knoll Bassett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trisha_Brown" title="Trisha Brown">Trisha Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippe_de_Montebello" title="Philippe de Montebello">Philippe de Montebello</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uta_Hagen" title="Uta Hagen">Uta Hagen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Halprin" title="Lawrence Halprin">Lawrence Halprin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Hirschfeld" title="Al Hirschfeld">Al Hirschfeld</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Jones" title="George Jones">George Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ming_Cho_Lee" title="Ming Cho Lee">Ming Cho Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smokey_Robinson" title="Smokey Robinson">William "Smokey" Robinson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2003</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Austin_City_Limits" title="Austin City Limits">Austin City Limits</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beverly_Cleary" title="Beverly Cleary">Beverly Cleary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rafe_Esquith" title="Rafe Esquith">Rafe Esquith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suzanne_Farrell" title="Suzanne Farrell">Suzanne Farrell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddy_Guy" title="Buddy Guy">Buddy Guy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Howard" title="Ron Howard">Ron Howard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tabernacle_Choir" title="Tabernacle Choir">Tabernacle Choir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Slatkin" title="Leonard Slatkin">Leonard Slatkin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Strait" title="George Strait">George Strait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Tune" title="Tommy Tune">Tommy Tune</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2004</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_W._Mellon_Foundation" title="Andrew W. Mellon Foundation">Andrew W. Mellon Foundation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Bradbury" title="Ray Bradbury">Ray Bradbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlisle_Floyd" title="Carlisle Floyd">Carlisle Floyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Hart_(sculptor)" title="Frederick Hart (sculptor)">Frederick Hart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Hecht" title="Anthony Hecht">Anthony Hecht</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Ruthven_(artist)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Ruthven (artist)">John Ruthven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vincent_Scully" title="Vincent Scully">Vincent Scully</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twyla_Tharp" title="Twyla Tharp">Twyla Tharp</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2005</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Louis_Auchincloss" title="Louis Auchincloss">Louis Auchincloss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_DePreist" title="James DePreist">James DePreist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paquito_D%27Rivera" title="Paquito D'Rivera">Paquito D'Rivera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Duvall" title="Robert Duvall">Robert Duvall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Garment" title="Leonard Garment">Leonard Garment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ollie_Johnston" title="Ollie Johnston">Ollie Johnston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wynton_Marsalis" title="Wynton Marsalis">Wynton Marsalis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Academy_of_the_Fine_Arts" title="Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts">Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tina_Ramirez" title="Tina Ramirez">Tina Ramirez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolly_Parton" title="Dolly Parton">Dolly Parton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2006</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_Bolcom" title="William Bolcom">William Bolcom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyd_Charisse" title="Cyd Charisse">Cyd Charisse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_DeCarava" title="Roy DeCarava">Roy DeCarava</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilhelmina_Holladay" title="Wilhelmina Holladay">Wilhelmina Holladay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Interlochen_Center_for_the_Arts" title="Interlochen Center for the Arts">Interlochen Center for the Arts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erich_Kunzel" title="Erich Kunzel">Erich Kunzel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Preservation_Hall_Jazz_Band" title="Preservation Hall Jazz Band">Preservation Hall Jazz Band</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregory_Rabassa" title="Gregory Rabassa">Gregory Rabassa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viktor_Schreckengost" title="Viktor Schreckengost">Viktor Schreckengost</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Stanley" title="Ralph Stanley">Ralph Stanley</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2007</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Morten_Lauridsen" title="Morten Lauridsen">Morten Lauridsen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N._Scott_Momaday" title="N. Scott Momaday">N. Scott Momaday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craig_Noel" title="Craig Noel">Craig Noel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Neuberger" title="Roy Neuberger">Roy Neuberger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Les_Paul" title="Les Paul">Les Paul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Z._Steinway" title="Henry Z. Steinway">Henry Z. Steinway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Tooker" title="George Tooker">George Tooker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lionel_Hampton_Jazz_Festival" title="Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival">Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival</a> (<a href="/wiki/University_of_Idaho" title="University of Idaho">University of Idaho</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Wyeth" title="Andrew Wyeth">Andrew Wyeth</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2008</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stan_Lee" title="Stan Lee">Stan Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_M._Sherman" title="Richard M. Sherman">Richard M. Sherman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_B._Sherman" title="Robert B. Sherman">Robert B. Sherman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olivia_de_Havilland" title="Olivia de Havilland">Olivia de Havilland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Jones" title="Hank Jones">Hank Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jes%C3%BAs_Moroles" title="Jesús Moroles">Jesús Moroles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ford%27s_Theatre" title="Ford's Theatre">Ford's Theatre Society</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fisk_Jubilee_Singers" title="Fisk Jubilee Singers">Fisk Jubilee Singers</a>, (<a href="/wiki/Fisk_University" title="Fisk University">Fisk University</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Lim%C3%B3n" title="José Limón">José Limón Dance Foundation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodore_Presser_Company" title="Theodore Presser Company">The Presser Foundation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2009</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Dylan" title="Bob Dylan">Bob Dylan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clint_Eastwood" title="Clint Eastwood">Clint Eastwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milton_Glaser" title="Milton Glaser">Milton Glaser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maya_Lin" title="Maya Lin">Maya Lin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rita_Moreno" title="Rita Moreno">Rita Moreno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jessye_Norman" title="Jessye Norman">Jessye Norman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_P._Riley_Jr." title="Joseph P. Riley Jr.">Joseph P. Riley Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Stella" title="Frank Stella">Frank Stella</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Michael Tilson Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Williams" title="John Williams">John Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oberlin_Conservatory_of_Music" title="Oberlin Conservatory of Music">Oberlin Conservatory of Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/School_of_American_Ballet" title="School of American Ballet">School of American Ballet</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_recipients_of_the_National_Medal_of_Arts" class="mw-redirect" title="List of recipients of the National Medal of Arts">Complete list</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:National_Medal_of_Arts_recipients_1980s" title="Template:National Medal of Arts recipients 1980s">1980s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:National_Medal_of_Arts_recipients_1990s" title="Template:National Medal of Arts recipients 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