On Saturday, February 23, the New World Symphony will celebrate its 25th Anniversary with a  Black Tie Gala  honoring Michael Tilson Thomas, its Founder and Artistic Director. The centerpiece of the evening is a concert featuring works by Leonard Bernstein – including excerpts from West Side Story –  performed by the New World Symphony under MTT’s baton, with Jessica Rivera and Dimitri Pittas starring as Maria and Tony, respectively.

On February 16 and 17 , MTT and the New World Symphony explore the music of Mozart with a unique program that samples the Austrian composer’s core output: the symphonies, the concertos, chamber music and theatrical works. Part I of the program focusses on Mozart’s symphonic music, while Part II examines the composer’s work as a freelancer in Vienna. The third part of the program will feature a performance of Act I from Mozart’s singspiel …

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Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony have won the Grammy Award in the category of Best Orchestral Performance for their recording of John Adams’s Harmonielehre and Short Ride in a Fast Machine. The album was released in March 2012 in conjunction with MTT and the Orchestra’s month-long  American Mavericks  festival and tour. 

I was to move from structure to process, from music as an object having parts, to music without beginning, middle, or end, music as weather. – John Cage This weekend, February 8 to 10, Michael Tilson Thomas and the New World Symphony present  Making the Right Choices: A John Cage Centennial Celebration . Programmed and curated by MTT, this three-day festival honors John Cage’s legacy by exploring 26 of the composer’s rarely-performed works for large orchestra and ensembles of varying sizes. Through theatrically immersive expressions of …

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