"It's a Wrap"

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.