Michael Tilson Thomas
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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
Thomas in 2008
Thomas conducting the New York Philharmonic Young People's Concert, 1977.
Tilson Thomas with Audrey Hepburn in 1990
Thomas conducting Mahler's Ninth at Carnegie Hall, 2019
Kennedy Center Honors
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The Kennedy Center Honors is an annual tribute recognizing performing arts contributions to American culture. Presented annually since 1978, a December gala celebrates five honorees at the Kennedy Cen
Michael Tilson Thomas
…2009 National Medal of Arts. Kennedy Center Honor 2019 Kennedy Center Honor was presented December 8, 2019…
Honorees at the Kennedy Center on December 6, 2006, from left: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Steven Spielberg, Dolly Parton, Zubin Mehta, and Smokey Robinson, with First Lady Laura Bush, President George W. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, and Lynne Cheney.
The Kennedy Center lights up in rainbow colors every year in the weeks preceding the ceremony.
2005 Kennedy Center honorees: Julie Harris, Robert Redford, Tina Turner, Suzanne Farrell and Tony Bennett with President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush, in the Blue Room at the White House, December 4, 2005.
2006 Kennedy Center honorees: Smokey Robinson, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Dolly Parton, Steven Spielberg, and Zubin Mehta with President George W. Bush and the First Lady Laura Bush.