But those musics do not address the larger kind of architecture in time that classical music does, whatever each one of us knows that classical music must mean. Michael Tilson Thomas addressarchitectureclassical Change image and share on social
Being an American musician means being adventurous. Michael Tilson Thomas adventurousamericanmean Change image and share on social
Extreme volume in music very often disguises a lack of actually important content. Michael Tilson Thomas contentdisguiseextreme Change image and share on social
Earlier in my life, I performed a lot of music. Some of it because I felt it was a demonstration, or a representation of certain intellectual concepts that were very exciting and important. Michael Tilson Thomas conceptdemonstrationearly Change image and share on social
Being a conductor is kind of a hybrid profession because most fundamentally, it is being someone who is a coach, a trainer, an editor, a director. Michael Tilson Thomas coachconductordirector Change image and share on social
I can't do pieces I only admire technically. I have to feel some direct contact with them. Michael Tilson Thomas admirecontactdirect Change image and share on social
If we are able to get inside the music and inhabit it convincingly enough, it will cause everyone to find each other in this new psychological space. And that's most exciting. Michael Tilson Thomas convincinglyexcitfind Change image and share on social
The first year I started in San Francisco, there was an American work on every program and there's been a lot of music by living composers and gradually that was part of the process of getting the audience really to trust me. Michael Tilson Thomas americanaudiencecomposer share on social
It's kind of scary sometimes, I've seen this a lot in Asia. Children are given music lessons, very intensively I might add and involving great technical expertise sometimes, but you can tell that they have been told only to play happy pleasant music. Michael Tilson Thomas addasiachild share on social
But you know in the contemporary art world, you pose a very interesting conundrum. All sorts of people collect very contemporary art, yet when it comes to the music which is analogous to that sort of art, they are not interested, or perhaps even hostile. Michael Tilson Thomas analogousartcollect share on social
