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Michael Tilson Thomas

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Biography

Michael Tilson Thomas is an American conductor, pianist and composer who hails from the Thomashefsky family with ancestors who were cantors and performers in the Yiddish Theater District in New York. His own works include 'From the Diary of Anne Frank' (1990), 'Shówa/Shoáh' (1995), 'Poems of Emily Dickinson' (2002) and 'Urban Legend' (2002). He is noted for conducting the works of Gustav Mahler along with composers such as Aaron Copland, Charles Ives and Steve Reich. He was music director of California's Ojai Music Festival several times over the period from 1968 to 1994 and has led the Boston Symphony, Buffalo Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, New World Symphony, London Symphony and YouTube Symphony Orchestra. He hosts a television series on America's PBS station titled 'Keeping Score' which features composer documentaries and concerts. His many recordings cover the works of the classics plus artists such as John Cage, George Gershwin and Elvis Costello. He has had 30 releases on Billboard's Classical Albums Chart as well as eleven top ten hits including 'Il Sogno' (2004) conducting the London Symphony Orchestra with Elvis Costello and 'West Side Story' (2014) conducting San Francisco Symphony with soprano Alexander Silber and singer Cheyenne Jackson, both of which went to number two on the chart. He has received 34 Grammy Award nominations with eleven wins for albums including his recordings of Mahler, Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Orff and Gershwin. His 2018 schedule included performances with New World Symphony Orchestra in Miami Beach, London Symphony Orchestra, Met Orchestra in New York, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood.
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  2.   The Desert Music: First Movement (fast) by Steve Reich and Musicians
  3.   Tosca: E lucevan le stelle featuring Michael Tilson Thomas
  4.   Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 by London Symphony Orchestra
  5.   Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 16: I. Andantino featuring Michael Tilson Thomas
  6.   From the Diary of Anne Frank, Pt. 1: Instrumental Intro
  7.   From the Diary of Anne Frank, Pt. 1: "I hope I shall be able to confide..."
  8.   From the Diary of Anne Frank, Pt. 1: "There is a saying..."
  9.   Overture to Benvenuto Cellini, Op. 23, H. 76a
  10.   La Valse, M. 72
  11.   From the Diary of Anne Frank, Pt. 3: "I believe that it's spring..."
  12.   From the Diary of Anne Frank, Pt. 3: "Do you gather a bit of what I mean?..."
  13.   From the Diary of Anne Frank, Pt. 2: "Dear Kitty. So much has happened..."
  14.   From the Diary of Anne Frank, Pt. 2: "Daddy began to tell us..."
  15.   From the Diary of Anne Frank, Pt. 2: "I feel wicked sleeping in a warm bed..."
  16.   From the Diary of Anne Frank, Pt. 2: Instrumental
  17.   Meditations on Rilke: Imaginärer Lebenslauf
  18.   From the Diary of Anne Frank, Pt. 3: "I want to go on living..."
  19.   Meditations on Rilke: Herbsttag
  20.   Meditations on Rilke: Ich lebe mein Leben in wachsenden Ringen
  21.   Meditations on Rilke: Das Lied des Trinkers
  22.   Nearer, My God, to Thee
  23.   Jesus, Lover of My Soul
  24.   Ye Christian Heralds
  25.   Absolute Jest: V. Vivacissimo by Michael Tilson Thomas
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