Michael Tilson Thomas (December 21, 1944 – April 22, 2026) was an American conductor, composer and pianist. He was artistic director laureate of the New World Symphony, an American orchestral academy in Miami Beach, Florida, music director laureate of the San Francisco Symphony, and conductor laureate of the London Symphony Orchestra. He gave his final performance with the San Francisco Symphony in April 2025 while fighting brain cancer.

KNOWN FOR

Great Performances
2001
Soundbreaking
2016
Masterclass
2010
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
2018
The Rhythm of Life
1997
Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M2
2019
Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood
2018
Carnival of the Animals
1976
Michael Tilson Thomas: The Thomashefskys
2012
John Adams: A Portrait and A Concert of Modern American Music
2000
Keeping Score
2004
Rehearsing a Dream
2006

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
25
Directing
1
Sound
7
2020
Michael Tilson Thomas: Where Now Is
2019
Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M2
as Self
2018
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
as Self
2018
Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood
as Self - Conductor
2016
Soundbreaking
as Self
2015
London Symphony Orchestra: Shostakovich 5
2012
Michael Tilson Thomas: The Thomashefskys
2011
Keeping Score - Mahler Origins and Legacy
as Conductor
2011
Keeping Score: Mahler Legacy
as Narrator
2011
Keeping Score: Mahler Origins
as Narrator
2010
Masterclass
as Self
2009
Keeping Score: Shostakovich Symphony No. 5
2009
Keeping Score - Hector Berlioz Symphonie fantastique
2006
Rehearsing a Dream
as Self
2006
Keeping Score: Stravinsky's Rite of Spring
2006
Keeping Score: Beethoven's Eroica
2006
Keeping Score: Stravinsky Rite of Spring
as Narrator
2004
Keeping Score: Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4
2004
Keeping Score
as Self – Host
2003
Bad Boy Made Good: The Revival of George Antheil's 1924 Ballet Mécanique
as Self - Conductor
2001
Great Performances
as Self
2000
John Adams: A Portrait and A Concert of Modern American Music
as Self
1997
The Rhythm of Life
1987
Steve Reich: A New Musical Language
as Self
1976
Carnival of the Animals
as Self - Conductor