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...educated as a composer in his native Helsinki, in the manner of such daunting dodecaphonists as Arnold Schoenberg, Luigi Nono and Elliott Carter. His conducting career began as an adjunct to his composing at the Sibelius Academy, but it took off in 1983 when he stepped in for Michael Tilson Thomas on a week's notice to lead the London Philharmonia in Mahler's woolly mammoth, the Symphony No. 3 -- despite the fact that prior to the call he had never even looked at the score...
From a huge caldron on the kitchen stove in a London flat wafts the comforting aroma of classic chicken soup, enough to feed a hungry orchestra. From a small upright piano in the living room wafts a bittersweet trickle of melody, enough to feed a hungry spirit. Michael Tilson Thomas, the 45-year-old principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, is cooking on both burners...
PROFILE: Maestro Michael Tilson Thomas...
Teach for America expects to train 500 students from 100 top colleges across the nation this year, Tilson said...
Those selected will spend eight weeks in Los Angeles in an intensive training institute, intended to preparegraduates to teach and deal with culturaldifferences. The institute will count towardteacher certification, Tilson said...