The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the 1919-2020 season will be the final one for Michael Tilson Thomas at the helm of the San Francisco Symphony.
From the SFO press release:
SAN FRANCISCO, October 31, 2017 — Michael Tilson Thomas
today announced plans to conclude his distinguished tenure as Music
Director of the San Francisco Symphony (SFS) in June 2020. The 2019–2020
Season will mark both his 75th birthday and his 25th year leading the
Symphony in what is widely considered one of the most productive musical
partnerships in the orchestral world. Tilson Thomas’ legacy with the SF
Symphony began in 1974 with his debut at age 29, conducting Mahler’s
Ninth Symphony, and was solidified by his commencement as the
Orchestra’s 11th Music Director in September 1995. Following the
2019–2020 Season, Michael Tilson Thomas will assume the title of Music
Director Laureate of the San Francisco Symphony, and will continue to
conduct the Orchestra for a minimum of four weeks each season in
addition to other special projects. In anticipation of the celebratory
25th anniversary season of the MTT/SFS partnership, the next two years
will feature signature recording projects, festivals, commissioning of
new works, staged productions, a two-week tour of the United States in
2018–2019, and a three-week European tour in 2019–2020.
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