MTT is 80!

Michael Tilson Thomas

Photo by Brandon Patoc (c), 2019

Courtesy of San Francisco Symphony

MTT turned 80 today! What a great life and career he has had, from southern California to Boston and Buffalo to London to the Bay Area. I had my beefs with programming at SFS during his last five years as music director of SFS, but whatever: he's a great conductor and a deeply loved person in San Francisco.

SFS has just scheduled a concert in honor of his 80th birthday - for April! - and tickets go on sale on January 28 at 10:00 a.m. The concert will include Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations on a theme of Henry Purcell) and Respighi's Festi Romani.