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Michael Tilson Thomas: Where Now Is

Premiered October 23, 2020
Michael Tilson Thomas: Where Now Is

Discover the Grammy-winning conductor, pianist and composer. A National Medal of Arts recipient and longtime music director of the San Francisco Symphony, he helped set the standard that an American orchestra should champion modern American music.

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Explore the life and career of the Grammy-winning conductor, pianist and composer.
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Michael Tilson Thomas Documentary and Trailer

MTT talks about the James Brown song that caused him to pull the car over as a teenager.
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Michael Tilson Thomas on what he learned from James Brown

Meet Toodles, the toy behind Michael Tilson Thomas's love of dissonant music.
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The toy behind Michael Tilson Thomas's love of dissonance

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