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Michael Tilson Thomas

"But still as compared to many, many orchestras in the world, I think you find a lot more new music and living composers on our programs than many other places."

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"But still as compared to many, many orchestras in the world, I think you find a lot more new music and living composers on our programs than many other places."

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"And at the same time, you are of course a performer, but it's very important that you understand that your role as a performer is to get the best performance from those wonderful colleagues that you have the chance to work with."
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