Michael Tilson Thomas Documentary Trailer
Preview: 10/23/2020 | 1m 11sVideo has Closed Captions
Explore the life and career of the Grammy-winning conductor, pianist and composer.
Explore the life and career of the Grammy-winning conductor, pianist and composer. A National Medal of Arts recipient and longtime Grammy-winning music director of the San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas helped set the standard that an American orchestra should champion modern music.
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Michael Tilson Thomas Documentary Trailer
Preview: 10/23/2020 | 1m 11sVideo has Closed Captions
Explore the life and career of the Grammy-winning conductor, pianist and composer. A National Medal of Arts recipient and longtime Grammy-winning music director of the San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas helped set the standard that an American orchestra should champion modern music.
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Michael Tilson Thomas on what he learned from James Brown
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Clip: 10/23/2020 | 2m 17s | MTT talks about the James Brown song that caused him to pull the car over as a teenager. (2m 17s)
The toy behind Michael Tilson Thomas's love of dissonance
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Clip: 10/23/2020 | 1m 59s | Meet Toodles, the toy behind Michael Tilson Thomas's love of dissonant music. (1m 59s)
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