For more than half a century, conductor-composer Michael Tilson Thomas has graced the stages of concert halls with a swashbuckling style.

Tania Leon's passion for music has been center stage since her childhood in Cuba. Throughout her career, she composed music and conducted orchestras on the world's biggest stages. Now, at 79, she is being recognized as one of this year's Kennedy Center ho...

Juliette Nadia Boulanger was a French music teacher and conductor. She taught many of the leading composers and musicians of the 20th century, and also performed occasionally as a pianist and organist.