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Michael Tilson Thomas
Photo by Brandon Patoc (c), 2019
Courtesy of San Francisco Symphony
Sad news: Michael Tilson Thomas's brain tumor has returned and he is retiring from performing. His 80th birthday concert on April 26, 2025, at San Francisco Symphony, will be his last appearance as a conductor.
- Announcement on his web site, a tender and very sweet note from MTT
- Tony Bravo, S.F. Chronicle
- Javier C. Hernández, NY Times
He has had a great run–something approaching 60 years of music-making, starting in his student days–but I wish he'd had even more years of conducting, composing, and spending time with his husband Joshua Robison and the pups.
1 comment:
I saw your comment in Janos's piece about when you first heard of MTT. I'm reminded that a friend of mine was in a chorus that sang in a concert he conducted in the '70s. She told me that she remembers how very good a conductor he was, even then.
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