Gražinytė-Tyla Music Director in Salzburg
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, First Kapellmeister at the Konzert Theater Bern, is moving to the Salzburg State Theatre as Music Director for the 2015/16 season. There she will replace the current music director Leo Hussain.
The 27-year-old Lithuanian took up the post in Bern for the 2013/14 season. She will conduct at the Kulturcasino for the first time in March: The program includes "Carnival of the Animals" as a family concert by the Bern Symphony Orchestra.
A total of 180 conductors applied for the position of music director in Salzburg. Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla clearly stood out as the first choice of the soloists, the choir and the orchestra, writes the theater. The Lithuanian completed and deepened her studies in Graz, Bologna, Leipzig and Zurich.
In the 2011/12 season, she was appointed conductor at the Heidelberg Theater for two seasons. She attracted international attention when she was awarded the coveted Salzburg Festival Young Conductors Award at the Salzburg Festival.
In the 2014/2015 season, the Salzburg State Theater will also establish the Gerard Mortier International Opera Studio in collaboration with the Juilliard School in New York and the opera school of the Istanbul State Conservatory. Gerard Mortier is sponsoring the project.
