Thomas Wilkins
Director Titular de la Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
Thomas Wilkins is Principal Conductor of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra.
He has held a titled position at the Hollywood Bowl since 2008, when he was named Principal Guest Conductor; in the spring of 2014, he became Principal Conductor.
Además, es socio artístico de la Sinfónica de Boston para la Educación y el Compromiso con la Comunidad y director de orquesta los Conciertos Juveniles y Familiares Germeshausen; titular de la Cátedra Henry A. Upper de Dirección Orquestal de la Universidad de Indiana, cargo creado por los fallecidos Barbara y David Jacobs; y principal director de orquesta invitado director de orquesta de la Sinfónica de Virginia. Al cierre de la temporada 2020/21, puso fin a su largo y exitoso mandato como director musical de la Sinfónica de Omaha. Otros cargos anteriores incluyen director de orquesta residente director de orquesta de la Sinfónica de Detroit y The Florida Orchestra (Tampa Bay) y director de orquesta asociado director de orquesta de la Sinfónica de Richmond (VA). También ha formado parte de las facultades de música de la North Park University (Chicago), la Universidad de Tennessee en Chattanooga y la Virginia Commonwealth University en Richmond.
Devoted to promoting a lifelong enthusiasm for music, Wilkins brings energy and commitment to audiences of all ages. He is hailed as a master at communicating and connecting with audiences. Following his highly successful first season with the Boston Symphony, The Boston Globe named him among the “Best People and Ideas of 2011.” In 2014, Wilkins received the prestigious Outstanding Artist award at the Nebraska Governor’s Arts Awards for his significant contribution to music in the state, and in March 2018, the Longy School of Music at Bard College honored him with the Leonard Bernstein Lifetime Achievement Award for the Elevation of Music in Society. In 2019, the Virginia Symphony bestowed Wilkins with its annual Dreamer Award. In 2022, the Omaha Entertainment and Arts Awards presented him with its Lifetime Achievement Award for Music, the Boston Conservatory awarded him an honorary Doctor of Arts degree, and he was the recipient of the League of American Orchestras’ Gold Baton Award.
A lo largo de su carrera como director, Wilkins ha dirigido otras orquestas destacadas de todo Estados Unidos, como las filarmónicas de Nueva York y Los Ángeles; las orquestas de Filadelfia y Cleveland; las orquestas sinfónicas de Chicago y Cincinnati; y la Sinfónica Nacional.
Natural de Norfolk, Virginia, Thomas Wilkins se graduó en el Conservatorio de Shenandoah y en el Conservatorio de Nueva Inglaterra. Él y su esposa, Sheri-Lee, son los orgullosos padres de dos hijas gemelas, Erica y Nicole.
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Thomas Wilkins on “Winter Daydreams” and The Nutcracker
The conductor dives into holiday favorites by Tchaikovsky and Duke Ellington as well as Carlos Simon’s Four Black American Dances.
Thomas Wilkins on the power and responsibility of music
As a part of YOLA National at Home, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra Principal Conductor Thomas Wilkins talks about the meaning of home, his path to orchestras, and on what music reveals about each of us.
Las melodías favoritas de Thomas Wilkins
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Thomas Wilkins on Spotify
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Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
Led by esteemed conductor Thomas Wilkins and including some of the best studio musicians in Los Angeles, the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra is the Hollywood Bowl’s own world-class ensemble.
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Cuatro de julio Espectacular de Fuegos Artificiales con los Beach Boys
con el invitado especial John Stamos
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