Koussevitzky
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Studying at Tanglewood, the Boston Symphony’s summer home, MTT won the Koussevitzky Prize in 1969 and, with the encouragement of Leonard Bernstein, was appointed assistant conductor to music director William Steinberg.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026
Thomas emerged as a Tanglewood fellow, arriving here for the first time in 1968 and winning the Koussevitzky Prize for an outstanding student conductor a year later.
From New York Times ● Aug. 31, 2022
Repeating that shocking display of musical ability elsewhere drew the attention of Serge Koussevitzky, the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s director, who invited him to be a guest conductor.
From New York Times ● Apr. 29, 2022
Benson went on to an esteemed musical career, joining the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Serge Koussevitzky and staying there for three decades.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 28, 2022
It was at that time, he says, that Mr. Koussevitzky sent for him and began an intensive course of study before the triple mirror.
From The World's Great Men of Music Story-Lives of Master Musicians by Harriette Brower
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