Michael Tilson Thomas
Known for: Sound
Michael Tilson Thomas (December 21, 1944 – April 22, 2026) was an American conductor, composer and pianist. He was artistic director laureate of the New World Symphony, an American orchestral academy in Miami Beach, Florida, music director laureate of the San Francisco Symphony, and conductor laureate of the London Symphony Orchestra. He gave his final performance with the San Francisco Symphony in April 2025 while fighting brain cancer.
Filmography
Series
Great Performances
Self
1971
Series
Soundbreaking
Self
2016
Film
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
Self
2018
Series
Masterclass
Self
2010
Film
Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M2
Self
2019
Michael Tilson Thomas: The Thomashefskys
2012
Series
Keeping Score
Self – Host
2004
Film
Carnival of the Animals
Self - Conductor
1976
Film
Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood
Self - Conductor
2018
Film
Keeping Score: Mahler Legacy
Narrator
2011
Steve Reich: A New Musical Language
Self
1987
Rehearsing a Dream
Self
2006
Film
Keeping Score: Mahler Origins
Narrator
2011
Film
Keeping Score: Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4
Film
Bad Boy Made Good: The Revival of George Antheil's 1924 Ballet Mécanique
Self - Conductor
2003
Film
Keeping Score: Beethoven's Eroica
2006
Film
John Adams: A Portrait and A Concert of Modern American Music
Self
2000
Film
Michael Tilson Thomas: Where Now Is
2020
Keeping Score: Stravinsky Rite of Spring
Narrator
2006
Film
Keeping Score - Mahler Origins and Legacy
Conductor
2011
Film
Keeping Score: Shostakovich Symphony No. 5
2009
London Symphony Orchestra: Shostakovich 5
2015
Film
Keeping Score: Stravinsky's Rite of Spring
2006
Film
Keeping Score - Hector Berlioz Symphonie fantastique
2009