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Michael Tilson Thomas To Receive 42nd Annual Kennedy Center Honors

Michael Tilson Thomas (MTT)—Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony, Co-Founder and Artistic Director of the New World Symphony, and Conductor Laureate of the London Symphony Orchestra—has been selected by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as one of five Honorees who will receive the 2019 Kennedy Center Honors for lifetime artistic achievements. 

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Carnegie Hall Opens with Michael Tilson Thomas Leading The San Francisco Symphony

Carnegie Hall launches its 2018–2019 season on Wednesday, October 3 at 7:00 p.m. with a festive Opening Night Gala concert by the San Francisco Symphony under the baton of Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas, with a program to include Gershwin’s Cuban Overture and An American in Paris as well as Liszt’s Mephisto Waltz No. 1.

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Michael Tilson Thomas And The New World Symphony Announce 2018-19 Year

Led by Co-Founder and Artistic Director Michael Tilson Thomas, the New World Symphony, America’s Orchestral Academy (NWS), is taking its curriculum beyond Miami to include community engagement in New York City and performances at Carnegie Hall. These activities are part of an experiential curriculum that each year immerses NWS’s resident Fellows in hands-on training, live performance, and audience interaction.

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