마이클 틸슨 토마스

소개

마이클 틸슨 토머스(영어: Michael Tilson Thomas, 1944년 12월 21일 ~ 2026년 4월 22일)는 미국의 지휘자, 피아니스트, 작곡가이다. 현재 플로리다주 마이애미비치에 위치한 미국의 오케스트라 아카데미 뉴 월드 심포니의 예술 감독을 맡고 있다. 또, 샌프란시스코 교향악단의 음악 감독 수상자, 런던 교향악단의 지휘자 수상자이기도 하다.

Michael Tilson Thomas was an American conductor, composer, pianist and music pedagogue. He was music director of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra from 1971 to 1979. He founded the New World Symphony, an American orchestral academy in Miami Beach, Florida, in 1987, serving as artistic director until 2022 and then as artistic director laureate. Thomas was principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra from 1988 to 1995, and then music director of the San Francisco Symphony until 2020. He conducted a wide repertoire of music, with a focus on the works by Gustav Mahler and of contemporary American music; he was the first to record some works by Aaron Copland, Charles Ives, and Steve Reich. Thomas appeared on television in the Young People's Concerts with the New York Philharmonic and hosted the Keeping Score series. He collaborated with popular artists including Elvis Costello and Metallica.