2018Nominee
Best Performance
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
Michael Tilson Thomas
Actor · Director
Los Angeles, California, USA
December 21, 1944
Biography
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2019Winner
Best Performance
Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M2
2018Winner
Best Performance
Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood
Career Highlights
2011Highlight
Best Performance
Keeping Score: Mahler Legacy
2000Highlight
Best Performance
John Adams: A Portrait and A Concert of Modern American Music
Video
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M2