Grammy Winning Classical Album Features Michael Tilson Thomas

Michael Tilson Thomas

NEW YORK CITY—Yamaha artist Michael Tilson Thomas was the featured conductor in "Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio From Symphony No. 10." The recording prevailed in the 2010 Grammy Awards as Best Engineered Album, Classical. Michael Tilson also won a Grammy for his recording of Mahler's Symphony Number 7 in 2006.

Internationally acclaimed as both conductor and composer, Tilson Thomas composes in a colorful, eclectic style that reflects his passion for the diversity of American musical life. He began his formal studies at the University of Southern California where he studied piano with John Crown and conducting and composition with Ingolf Dahl. At age 19, he was named Music Director of the Young Musicians Foundation Debut Orchestra. In 1969, after winning the Koussevitzky Prize at Tanglewood, Tilson Thomas was appointed Assistant Conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

He has served as Principal Guest Conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Principal Conductor of the Great Woods Festival and Principal Conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra. Tilson Thomas began his tenure in September 1995 as the San Francisco Symphony's 11th Music Director in a contract that extends through the year 2005. He and the orchestra have also signed an exclusive contract with BMG Classics/RCA Victor Red Seal which will yield 15 recordings over the next five years. He is also the Founder and Artistic Director of the New World Symphony.

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