Michael Tilson Thomas
Michael Tilson Thomas · Arts & Literature
Conductor and educator who led the San Francisco Symphony
1944, Los Angeles, California, United States
United States
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Michael Tilson Thomas is an American conductor, pianist and composer who led the San Francisco Symphony for 25 years, co-founded the New World Symphony training orchestra, and won multiple Grammy Awards as a champion of American music. He is a grandson of the Yiddish theater stars Boris and Bessie Thomashefsky. He is Jewish.
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Conductor and educator who led the San Francisco Symphony
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music
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