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Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla
Writer and broadcaster Norman Lebrecht talks to the charismatic Lithuanian conductor, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla.
In this new series of interviews with great musicians, writer and broadcaster Norman Lebrecht talks to the charistmatic young Lithuanian conductor, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla.
Born into a musical family in Vilnius, Lithuania in 1986, she conducted her first choir at age 13, and in 2016 - when still in her twenties - was appointed music director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, following in the footsteps of Sir Simon Rattle, Sakari Oramo and Andris Nelsons.
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Fri 27 Dec 202421:15
BBC Radio 3
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- Fri 27 Dec 202421:15BBC Radio 3
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