Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla appointed to Birmingham
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, who was first conductor at Konzert Theater Bern in 2013/14, is continuing her stellar career: Following her engagement in Salzburg, she is now Music Director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO).
The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) announces that Lithuanian conductor Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla has been appointed as the orchestra's 12th Music Director from September 2016 for an initial period of three years. She succeeds Andris Nelsons, who led the orchestra from 2008 to 2015.
Born into a family of musicians in Vilnius, Lithuania, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla initially studied choral and orchestral conducting at the Graz University of Music and Performing Arts in Austria. She then furthered her studies at the conservatory in Bologna, at the Leipzig University of Music and at the Zurich University of the Arts.
In the 2011/12 season, she was appointed 2nd Kapellmeister at the Theater und Orchester Heidelberg for two seasons, before moving to the Konzert Theater Bern as 1st Kapellmeister in 2013/14. In spring 2014, she was appointed as the new music director of the Salzburg State Theater from 2015/16.
