NEW YORK -- When it was over, he glowed ... and growled. Then conductor Michael Tilson Thomas walked to his office at San Francisco's Davies Symphony Hall, pondering. He had just conducted Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony...

...Maya Lin , singer/dancer/actress Rita Moreno , patron Joseph P. Riley Jr. , artist Frank Stella , conductor Michael Tilson Thomas and composer/conductor John Williams .Organizational medals were awarded to the Oberlin Conservatory of Music...

...Boulez, conductor; Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo soprano; "Mahler: Symphony No. 3; Kindertotenlieder," Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Michelle DeYoung, mezzo soprano; "Rorem: Three Symphonies," Jose Serebrier, conductor...

...Spano, conductor, Norman Mackenzie, chorus director. Orchestral Performance: "Mahler: Symphony No. 6," Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor (San Francisco Sym.). Opera Recording: "Wagner: Tannhauser," Daniel Barenboim, conductor...

...Fleming, soprano; "Mahler: Symphony No. 6," Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; "Part: Orient & Occident," Tonu...Sym. Orch.); "Mahler: Symphony No. 6," Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor (San Francisco Sym.); "Shostakovich...

...of the Year, Classical: Steven Epstein. Classical Album: "Mahler: Symphony No. 3; Kindertotenlieder," Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Michelle DeYoung, mezzo soprano. Orchestral Performance: "Mahler: Symphony No. 3," Pierre...

...Lin, singer/dancer/actress Rita Moreno, patron Joseph P. Riley, Jr., artist Frank Stella, conductor Michael Tilson Thomas and composer/conductor John Williams. Organizational medal were awarded to the Oberlin Conservatory of Music...

Renowned orchestra conductor Michael Tilson Thomas has called his line of work a "hybrid profession" -- because a conductor is so much more than a person who leads musicians with...