MTT Returns to his LA roots in March to celebrate 70th Birthday

Last week we paid a visit to the Walt Disney Concert Hall, home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, to listen to a recital given by Gidon Kremer, violin Daniil Trifonov, piano. The performance was impressive, especially Mozart's Violin Sonata in E-flat, K. 481.

Bay Crossing readers who have yet to explore this venue may wish to mark their calendars for a very special upcoming event.

In celebration of his 70th birthday, Michael Tilson Thomas conducts the London Symphony Orchestra with piano soloist Yuja Wang in a program featuring Britten, Gershwin and Sibelius this March.

Michael Tilson Thomas, our own L.A.-born and -bred musical hero, has had a remarkable ride. From leading the Young Musicians Foundation Debut Orchestra when he was only 19, he has gone on to conduct the world’s greatest orchestras (including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, for which he was Principal Guest Conductor from 1981-1985), collaborate with musicians from Stravinsky and Copland to Elvis Costello and the Mahavishnu Orchestra, and become the galvanizing Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony. 

A trendsetter and longtime champion of American music, he received the National Medal of Arts, our nation’s highest award for artists. Join our celebration of this musical maverick as he turns 70, leading two orchestras with whom he has had long associations, each with a program that holds special meaning for him.