<img src="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/5568×3712+0+0/resize/5568×3712!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F31%2F04%2Fdcade6fc4f9c847abc8a68139483%2Fgettyimages-1023553624.jpg" alt="Michael Tilson Thomas conducts a performance of Copland" s Appalachian Spring by The Boston Symphony Orchestra in Lenox, Mass. in 2018. Thomas, who led the San Francisco Symphony for 25 years, was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2021.’/>
Thomas led the San Francisco Symphony from 1995 to 2020, helping to establish its reputation as a world-class orchestra. In 2021, he was diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme, a type of brain cancer.
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Thomas led the San Francisco Symphony from 1995 to 2020, helping to establish its reputation as a world-class orchestra. In 2021, he was diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme, a type of brain cancer.