(Credit: Frans Jansen) The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra has announced that conductor Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla will extend her commitment to the orchestra. Gražinytė-Tyla will continue to serve as Osborn Music Director until summer 2022 and then will take over the position of the Principal Guest Conductor. “We’re delighted to be continuing our relationship with Mirga and are hugely grateful to {…}
(Credit: The Gramophone) The Gramophone has announced the winners of its Classical Music Awards 2020. Recording of the Year prize went to Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra with Gidon Kremer and Kremerata Baltica for the recording of Mieczysław Weinberg’s Symphonies No. 2 & No. 21. Israeli-American violinist and conductor Itzhak Perlman was presented with the Lifetime {…}
The winners of the 23rd South Bank Sky Awards were announced on July 7, 2019 during a ceremony at the Savoy Hotel in London. The Sky Awards are unique in that they “celebrate every genre of the arts, including pop, dance, opera, comedy, and TV,” according to Sky News. “British culture is really thriving right now, and this year’s Awards nominees reflect the {…}