
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.

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
2018 · as Self

Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M2
2019 · as Self

Michael Tilson Thomas: The Thomashefskys
2012

Carnival of the Animals
1976 · as Self - Conductor

Keeping Score: Stravinsky's Rite of Spring
2006

Keeping Score: Mahler Legacy
2011 · as Narrator

Rehearsing a Dream
2006 · as Self

Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood
2018 · as Self - Conductor

Keeping Score: Beethoven's Eroica
2006

John Adams: A Portrait and A Concert of Modern American Music
2000 · as Self

Steve Reich: A New Musical Language
1987 · as Self

Keeping Score: Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4

Keeping Score: Mahler Origins
2011 · as Narrator

Michael Tilson Thomas: Where Now Is
2020

London Symphony Orchestra: Shostakovich 5
2015

Keeping Score: Stravinsky Rite of Spring
2006 · as Narrator

Keeping Score - Hector Berlioz Symphonie fantastique
2009

Bad Boy Made Good: The Revival of George Antheil's 1924 Ballet Mécanique
2003 · as Self - Conductor