Michael Tilson Thomas’ brain tumor has returned, and the 80-year-old conductor intends to lead his final performance in April ...

FILE - 2019 Kennedy Center Honoree conductor Michael Tilson Thomas arrives at the State Department for the Kennedy Center Honors State Department Dinner Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019, in Washington.

conductor Michael Tilson Thomas and the musical group Earth, Wind and Fire. Among the performances Tuesday night at the 38th Annual Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, D.C., there was one that ...

On his website, conductor and composer Michael Tilson Thomas announced he would “wind down my public appearances” over the next two months.

San Francisco Symphony Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas’ brain tumor has returned, he says, and the 80-year-old intends to ...

After three years since announcing his initial diagnosis, San Francisco Symphony Music Director Laureate Michael Tilson ...

but what about the Kennedy Center Honors? Yes, President Donald Trump has made a compelling case for the paucity of good, wholesome, or even mildly edifying programming at the performing-arts ...

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Donald Trump is not only upending American governance; he also intends to wield cultural influence. So he is taking on an unusual presidential side gig, as chairman of The John F. Kennedy Center ...

“It’s a very hefty fund-raising challenge,” said Michael M. Kaiser, chairman of the DeVos Institute of Arts Management, who served for 13 years as president of the Kennedy Center.

By Elisabeth Bumiller Reporting from Washington The trouble started in August 2017 when the television producer Norman Lear said he was skipping a White House reception for his Kennedy Center ...

Outside of Washington D.C., the institution is probably best known as the home of the annual Kennedy Center Honors, a ceremony that functions as a sort of lifetime achievement award for artists ...