Michael Tilson Thomas (Los Angeles, 21 de dezembro de 1944 – São Francisco, 22 de abril de 2026) foi um maestro, compositor e pianista estadunidense. Foi diretor musical da Orquestra Sinfônica de São Francisco.
Biografia
Primeiros Anos
Tilson Thomas nasceu em Los Angeles, Califórnia, filho de Ted e Roberta Thomas. Tilson Thomas estudou na University of Southern California sob os ensinamentos de Ingolf Dahl. Como estudante de Friedelind Wagner, Tilson Thomas foi o assitente musical e assitente dos maestros no Festival de Bayreuth.
Carreira
Em 1969, Tilson Thomas fez sua estreia como maestro com a Orquestra Sinfônica de Boston, substituindo William Steinberg na metade do concerto. Ele ficou em Boston como assistente do maestro até 1974, e fez muitas gravações com a orquestra. Ele foi diretor musical da Orquestra Filarmônica de Buffalo entre 1971 até 1979. Entre 1971 e 1977 ele também conduziu muitos concertos com a Filarmônica de Nova Iorque. De 1981 até 1985 ele foi o maestro principal da Orquestra Filarmônica de Los Angeles. Tilson Thomas fundou a Nova Sinfônica Mundial em Miami, Flórida em 1987. De 1988 até 1995 ele foi o maestro principal da Orquestra Sinfônica de Londres e desde 1995 ele foi o principal maestro convidado da orquestra. Em 1995 passou a ser o diretor musical da Orquestra Sinfônica de São Francisco. Morte Morreu em 22 de abril de 2026, Tilson Thomas em sua casa em São Francisco, aos 81 anos. A causa da morte foi gliobastoma, um tipo de tumor cerebral agressivo.
Prêmios
Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance 2006 Conducting San Francisco Symphony, performing Mahler: Symphony No. 7. 2003 Conducting the San Francisco Symphony, performing Mahler: Symphony No. 6. 2000 Conducting the Peninsula Boys Choir, the San Francisco Girls Chorus, the San Francisco Symphony and Chorus, performing Stravinsky: The Firebird; The Rite of Spring; Perséphone. 1997 Conducting the San Francisco Symphony, performing Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (scenes).
Grammy Award for Best Classical Album 2006 Conducting San Francisco Symphony, performing Mahler: Symphony No. 7. 2004 Conducting San Francisco Symphony, performing Mahler: Symphony No. 3, Kindertotenlieder. 2000 Conducting the Peninsula Boys Choir, the San Francisco Girls Chorus, the San Francisco Symphony and Chorus, performing Stravinsky: The Firebird; The Rite of Spring; Perséphone.
Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance 1976 Conducting the Cleveland Boys Choir and Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, performing Orff: Carmina Burana Gravações Thomas gravou extensivamente para gravadoras como Columbia, Sony, Deutsche Grammophon (DG), Argo e RCA. Sua discografia inclui obras de Bach, Beethoven, Prokofiev e Stravinsky, além de seu trabalho pioneiro com a música de Charles Ives, Carl Ruggles, Steve Reich, John Cage, Ingolf Dahl, Morton Feldman, George Gershwin, John McLaughlin e Elvis Costello. Ele ficou conhecido por sua interpretação da música de Mahler, gravando todas as nove sinfonias e outras grandes obras orquestrais com a Orquestra Sinfônica de São Francisco. Essas gravações foram lançadas no formato de áudio de alta fidelidade Super Audio CD pelo próprio selo da Orquestra Sinfônica de São Francisco.
Suas gravações incluem: AnoOrquestraCompositorTrabalho e solicita (se houver)Selo1991London Symphony OrchestraAdamMusic from Giselle Sony1990London Symphony Orchestra, Ambrosian SingersBeethovenLate Choral Music CBS Masterworks1986Orchestra of St. Luke'sSymphony No. 3 Contredanses, WoO 14 2010San Francisco SymphonySymphony No. 5 Piano Concerto No. 4 (Emanuel Ax) SFS Media1999English Chamber OrchestraSymphony No. 6 "Pastorale" Sony Classical1996London Symphony OrchestraBernsteinArias and Barcarolles (Von Stade, Hampson), Suite from A Quiet Place and Symphonic Dances from West Side Story. DG1993London Symphony Orchestra, London VoicesOn the Town (Daly, von Stade, Lear, Laine, McLaughlin, Hampson, Garrison, Ollmann, Ramey)1991London Symphony OrchestraBrahmsSerenade No. 1 Tragic Overture Academic Festival Overture Sony Classical1992London Symphony OrchestraSerenade No. 2 / Haydn Variations / Hungarian Dances 2002Cage Stravinsky ReichThree Dances The Rite of Spring Four Organs Angel Records1996San Francisco SymphonyCoplandPiano Concerto Orchestra Variations Short Symphony Symphonic Ode (with Garrick Ohlsson) RCA Victor Red Seal1972Boston Symphony OrchestraDebussyImages Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune DG1993London Symphony Orchestra and ChorusLe Martyre de saint Sébastien (with McNair, Murray, Stutzman, Caron) Sony Classical2007Boston Symphony Orchestra Chamber PlayersCello Sonata (Eskin, Thomas) Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp (Dwyer, Fine, Hobson) Violin Sonata (Silverstein, Thomas)DG1999New World SymphonyFeldmanCoptic Light (Cohen, Feinberg)Argo1976Columbia Jazz Band, New York PhilharmonicGershwinRhapsody in Blue (composer, piano roll) An American in ParisColumbia1990Los Angeles Philharmonic OrchestraGershwin Live! (Sarah Vaughan, Thomas)Sony Classical1984Los Angeles Philharmonic OrchestraRhapsody in Blue (Thomas) Second Rhapsody Preludes for Piano Promenade Unpublished Piano WorksColumbia1970Boston Symphony OrchestraIves Ruggles PistonThree Places in New England Sun-treader Symphony No. 2DG1991Chicago Symphony OrchestraIvesSymphonies Nos. 1 & 4Sony Classical2002San Francisco SymphonyAn American JourneyRCA Victor Red Seal1990Chicago Symphony Orchestra and ChorusHoliday Symphony The Unanswered Question (Herseth) Central Park in the DarkSony Classical1992London Symphony Orchestra and ChorusJanáčekGlagolitic Mass (Benackova, Palmer, Lakes, Kotscherga) Sinfonietta1974London Symphony OrchestraMahavishnuApocalypse (Mahavishnu Orchestra)2004San Francisco SymphonyMahlerSymphony No. 1SFS MediaSan Francisco Symphony and ChorusSymphony No. 2San Francisco Symphony and Chorus, Pacific Boychoir, San Francisco Symphony Girls ChorusSymphony No. 3 Kindertotenlieder (DeYoung)San Francisco SymphonySymphony No. 4 (Claycomb)Symphony No. 5Symphony No. 62005San Francisco SymphonySymphony No. 72009San Francisco Symphony and Chorus, Pacific Boychoir San Francisco Girls ChorusSymphony No. 82005San Francisco SymphonySymphony No. 92008Das klagende Lied (Shaguch, DeYoung, Moser, Lieferkus) Das Lied von der Erde (Skelton, Hampson)RCA Red Seal1990London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, South End BoysSymphony No. 3 Rückert Lieder (Baker)Sony Classical1999London Symphony OrchestraSymphony No. 7RCA Victor Red Seal2010San Francisco SymphonySongs with Orchestra (Graham, Hampson)SFS Media1998New World SymphonyNew World JazzNew World JazzRCA Victor Red Seal1997London Symphony OrchestraProkofievSymphonies Nos. 1 & 5Sony Classical2004San Francisco SymphonyRomeo and JulietRCA Red Seal1991Hungarian State OrchestraPucciniTosca (Éva Marton, José Carreras, Pons, Tajo)Sony Classical1989London Symphony OrchestraRavelMa mère l'Oye Boléro Pavane pour une infante défunte Pièce en forme de Habañera L'Éventail de Jeanne Fanfare1990Colorado Quartet, Brooklyn Philharmonic OrchestraReichThe Desert MusicNonesuch1994London Symphony OrchestraThe Three movements1980Buffalo PhilharmonicRugglesComplete Music of Carl RugglesColumbia1971Boston Symphony OrchestraSchumann PistonViolin Concerto (Paul Zukofsky) Symphony No. 2DG1986London Symphony OrchestraStrauss, R.Ein Heldenleben Till Eulenspiegels lustige StreicheColumbia1972Boston Symphony OrchestraStravinskyLe sacre du printemps Le roi des etoilesDG1997London Symphony OrchestraStravinsky in AmericaSony Classical1999San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Symphony Chorus, San Francisco Girls Chorus, Ragazzi, the Peninsula Boys ChorusLe sacre du printemps L'oiseau de feu PerséphoneRCA Victor Red Seal1993New World SymphonyTangazoTangazoArgo1970Boston Symphony OrchestraTchaikovskySymphony No. 1DG1990Philharmonia OrchestraSuite No. 2 Suite No. 4Sony Classical2005Berliner PhilharmonikerViolin Concerto (Joshua Bell) Méditation No. 1: Souvenir d'un lieucher Swan Lake: Danse russeRCA Red Seal1997New World Symphony, BBC SingersVilla LobosBachianas Brasileiras Nos. 4 & 5 (Fleming) Bachianas Brasileiras No. 9 Chôros No. 5 & 10RCA Victor Red Seal1990London Symphony OrchestraWeillThe Seven Deadly Sins (Julia Migenes) The Threepenny OperaSony Classical2013London Symphony OrchestraSaint-SaënsCello Concertos No. 1 & 2 (Steven Isserlis)RCA Red Seal1974Studio castStanley Silverman, Richard ForemanElephant Steps--A Fearful Radio Show (pop-opera)Columbia"Elephant Steps Discs Issued by Masterworks." Record World, September 28, 1974, 57.
Composições
Orquestra
From the Diary of Anne Frank (1990) Shówa/Shoáh (1995) Agnegram (1998) Whitman Songs (1999) Poems of Emily Dickinson (2002) Urban Legend (2002) Four Preludes on Playthings of the Wind (2016) Meditations on Rilke (2019)
Conjunto de câmara
Street Song for Symphonic Brass (1988) Street Song for Brass Quintet (1988) Five Songs (1988) Grace (1993) Fame, from Poems of Emily Dickinson (2001) Island Music (2003) Notturno (2005) Stay Together (2006)
Ligações externas
Michael Tilson Thomas (16 de abril de 2001). "Making Anything Sound Good". NewMusicBox'' (Entrevista). Entrevistado por Frank J. Oteri (publicado em 1º de maio de 2001). Michael Tilson Thomas entrevista com Oral History of American Music (Yale University): Out. 7, 1986 e Mar. 28, 1994
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