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After a five-year absence, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla returns to the Philadelphia Orchestra for a rare performance of Anton Bruckner's commanding Sixth Symphony.

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Philadelphia

20 Oct 2023

Powerful Bruckner and uneven Haydn from Gražinytė-Tyla in Philadelphia

By Cameron Kelsall

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Rome

From Tchaikovsky to Weinberg with Gabriela Montero and Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla in Rome

By Alissa Balocco, 11 May 2023

The pianist enchants with her Tchaikovsky, while the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia tackles an unfamiliar Weinberg symphony.

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Rome

11 May 2023

From Tchaikovsky to Weinberg with Montero and Gražinytė-Tyla

By Alissa Balocco

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Birmingham

All or nothing: Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla and the CBSO blow hot and cold in Birmingham

By Simon Cummings, 15 March 2023

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla’s polarised approach exaggerates music by Weinberg and Prokofiev, while Kirill Gerstein keeps control in a refreshing, elegant performance of Schumann’s Piano Concerto.

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Birmingham

15 Mar 2023

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla and the CBSO blow hot and cold in Birmingham

By Simon Cummings

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Los Angeles

Gražinytė-Tyla and the CBSO serve up sonority in Los Angeles

By Néstor Castiglione, 12 October 2022

The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and its former Music Director thunder in Disney Hall in the latest stop on their US tour.

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Los Angeles

12 Oct 2022

Gražinytė-Tyla and the CBSO serve up sonority in Los Angeles

By Néstor Castiglione

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Birmingham

Lifelessness, extremes and emotional weight in a conflicted evening at Symphony Hall

By Simon Cummings, 06 October 2022

Sheku Kanneh-Mason and the CBSO give a flat rendition of Haydn in an otherwise emotionally-conflicted, moving evening featuring Weinberg, Elgar and Thomas Adès.

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Birmingham

06 Oct 2022

Lifelessness, extremes and emotional weight in conflicted CBSO evening

By Simon Cummings

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Birmingham

Gabriela Montero captivates Birmingham with her unique interpretation of Tchaikovsky

By Robert Gainer, 11 May 2022

With two very well-known pieces, could Gabriela Montero, Gražintyė-Tyla and the CBSO find ways of keeping them interesting? The answer was a resounding ‘Yes’.

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Birmingham

11 May 2022

Gabriela Montero captivates with her unique Tchaikovsky

By Robert Gainer

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Birmingham

Kopatchinskaja and Gražinytė-Tyla bring plenty of life to Russian music with the CBSO

By David Karlin, 02 March 2022

The Moldovan-Austrian-Swiss violinist brings boundless energy to Stravinsky, while the CBSO excels in the slower passages of Tchaikovsky.

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Birmingham

02 Mar 2022

Kopatchinskaja and Gražinytė-Tyla bring life to Russian music

By David Karlin

Birmingham

Three kinds of Romanticism from the CBSO: music by Gipps, Brahms and Adès

By Simon Cummings, 04 August 2021

The CBSO explored a plethora of Romantic ideas in a trio of symphonies, including a premiere from Thomas Adès.

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Birmingham

04 Aug 2021

Three kinds of Romanticism: Gipps, Brahms and Adès in Birmingham

By Simon Cummings

Birmingham

Driven by fear, fuelled by love: private and public creative struggles explored in Birmingham

By Simon Cummings, 23 June 2021

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla with the CBSO and mezzo Karen Cargill tease out the contrasting inner and outer emotional tension in music by Weinberg and Mahler.

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Birmingham

23 Jun 2021

Driven by fear, fuelled by love: Weinberg and Mahler from the CBSO

By Simon Cummings

Munich

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla’s thrilling debut with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

By David Truslove, 26 March 2021

A mask-free event in Munich’s Herkulessaal that enjoyed a superb rapport between German, Lithuanian and Swiss collaborators, notwithstanding some irritating camera work.

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Munich

26 Mar 2021

Gražinytė-Tyla’s thrilling debut with the BRSO

By David Truslove

Stockholm

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla and Eric Lu say “So long!” to winter in Stockholm

By Linda Holt, 25 February 2021

Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto is programmed with two works by composers esteemed in their era, but largely forgotten by concert goers over the past half-century.

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Stockholm

25 Feb 2021

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla and Eric Lu say “So long!” to winter in Stockholm

By Linda Holt

London

A darkly delightful experience: Gražinytė-Tyla's Weinberg with the LSO

By Mark Valencia, 06 December 2020

Birmingham’s finest brought along her own selections to replace François-Xavier Roth's announced programme in this performance at LSO St Luke's.

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London

06 Dec 2020

A darkly delightful experience: Gražinytė-Tyla's Weinberg with the LSO

By Mark Valencia

Birmingham

Short but sweet: Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla and the CBSO in Vaughan Williams and Bartók

By Chris Garlick, 03 December 2020

The Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis crowned an evening for the CBSO strings and brass to shine at Symphony Hall.

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Birmingham

03 Dec 2020

Short but sweet: the CBSO in Vaughan Williams and Bartók

By Chris Garlick

Birmingham

Defiant celebration and emotional depth from Kanneh-Mason, Gražinytė-Tyla and the CBSO

By Nick Boston, 19 November 2020

The CBSO and Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla celebrate their anniversary with energy and hope in Sibelius and Beethoven, together with emotional depth in Elgar from Sheku-Kanneh Mason.

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Birmingham

19 Nov 2020

Defiant celebration and emotional depth in CBSO centenary

By Nick Boston

London

Binge-listening: a bumper Beethoven Weekender at the Barbican

By Mark Pullinger, 01 February 2020

Nine symphonies, five orchestras, two days: an immersive weekend as part of the Barbican's Beethoven 250 coverage featuring some of the UK's finest orchestras.

London

01 Feb 2020

Binge-listening: a bumper Beethoven Weekender at the Barbican

By Mark Pullinger

Birmingham

Mirga's Mahler: the Symphony of a Thousand in Birmingham

By Mark Valencia, 19 January 2020

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla approached the Eighth with a clear vision of the music’s structure and a plan to free the life that teems beneath its mighty vaults.

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Birmingham

19 Jan 2020

Mirga's Mahler: the Symphony of a Thousand in Birmingham

By Mark Valencia

London

Prom 46: Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla conducts a riveting Weinberg Third Symphony

By Mark Pullinger, 22 August 2019

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla brings Mieczysław Weinberg to the Proms, in a daring programme including Dorothy Howell and Oliver Knussen.

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London

22 Aug 2019

Prom 46: Gražinytė-Tyla conducts a riveting Weinberg Third Symphony

By Mark Pullinger

Birmingham

Bold, dramatic colour in Gražinytė-Tyla's CBSO Mahler 2

By Rohan Shotton, 13 June 2019

Mahler 2 must be mother’s milk for the CBSO Chorus, though they sang with affecting passion from their soft, seated entry to towering last peroration of the Resurrection hymn.

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Birmingham

13 Jun 2019

Bold, dramatic colour in Gražinytė-Tyla's CBSO Mahler 2

By Rohan Shotton

Basingstoke

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in compelling form at the Anvil

By David Truslove, 10 May 2019

An evening of first-class music making from one of the UK's top orchestras in a varied programme that showed off the strengths of all concerned.

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Basingstoke

10 May 2019

CBSO in compelling form at the Anvil

By David Truslove

Los Angeles

Gražinytė-Tyla tackles Tchaikovsky with Kopatchinskaja in Los Angeles

By Laurence Vittes, 06 April 2019

This was Tchaikovsky raw and fierce as if he had written it, as he might have, for a young lover.

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Los Angeles

06 Apr 2019

Gražinytė-Tyla tackles Tchaikovsky with Kopatchinskaja

By Laurence Vittes

Birmingham

Responding to the intangible: Grieg and Čiurlionis at Symphony Hall

By Simon Cummings, 16 February 2019

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla and the CBSO present the UK première of a neglected Lithuanian tone poem alongside Grieg’s Peer Gynt.

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Birmingham

16 Feb 2019

Responding to the intangible: Grieg and Čiurlionis at Symphony Hall

By Simon Cummings

Birmingham

Ghostly remembrances: Mieczysław Weinberg championed in Birmingham

By Mark Pullinger, 24 November 2018

Nearly a century after his birth, Weinberg's final completed symphony is given its UK premiere by the CBSO and Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla.

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Birmingham

24 Nov 2018

Ghostly remembrances: Weinberg championed in Birmingham

By Mark Pullinger

New York City

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla: A charming yet forceful first appearance on the Carnegie Hall rostrum

By Edward Sava-Segal, 18 May 2018

Gražinytė-Tyla conveyed the impression of allowing her players a certain freedom to express themselves while commanding the overall forces towards a preset goal.

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New York City

18 May 2018

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla's Carnegie Hall debut

By Edward Sava-Segal

Birmingham

A stroll, a ship and a symphony: three very different musical journeys in Birmingham

By Simon Cummings, 29 March 2018

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla and the CBSO escort the Symphony Hall audience through environments of safety and danger.

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Birmingham

29 Mar 2018

Three very different musical journeys in Birmingham

By Simon Cummings

Birmingham

Reflections on Claude: Gražinytė-Tyla’s Debussy Festival in Birmingham

By Mark Pullinger, 25 March 2018

With concerts and recitals imaginatively programmed, this second weekend in the CBSO's Debussy Festival was a model of how to make classical music accessible to the widest possible audience.

Birmingham

25 Mar 2018

Gražinytė-Tyla‘s Debussy Festival in Birmingham

By Mark Pullinger

Gateshead

Energy and enchantment from the CBSO at Sage Gateshead

By Jane Shuttleworth, 19 January 2018

In her first appearance with the CBSO at Sage Gateshead, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla switches between energy and tranquility with Sibelius, Brahms and Bartók.

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Gateshead

19 Jan 2018

Energy and enchantment at Sage Gateshead

By Jane Shuttleworth

Birmingham

Sublimely lyrical Beethoven in Birmingham under Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla

By Peter Marks, 16 November 2017

The Lithuanian conductor made Beethoven really sing while violinist, Vilde Frang's spirited interpretation of Elgar's Violin Concerto did not seem quite the finished article.

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Birmingham

16 Nov 2017

Sublimely lyrical Beethoven in Birmingham

By Peter Marks

Birmingham

Gražinytė-Tyla's Childlike View of Heaven in Birmingham

By Peter Marks, 27 September 2017

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra brought a fresh approach to Mahler's Fourth Symphony and the harp took centre stage for a change with a concerto première.

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Birmingham

27 Sep 2017

Gražinytė-Tyla's Childlike View of Heaven in Birmingham

By Peter Marks

London

Prom 50: Riveting Beethoven from Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla and the CBSO

By Dominic Lowe, 21 August 2017

Mirga's approach to Beethoven's Fifth showed a flair for innovation, the highlight of a strong programme that also featured a virtuosic performance from Leila Josefowciz of Stravinsky's Violin Concerto.

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London

21 Aug 2017

Riveting Beethoven 5 from Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla

By Dominic Lowe

Berlin

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla leads a not-so-traditional evening of music at Komische Oper

By Zenaida des Aubris, 30 June 2017

Artistry and politics intertwine in a remarkable concert at the Komische Oper Berlin.

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Berlin

30 Jun 2017

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla at Komische Oper

By Zenaida des Aubris

Birmingham

Challenging conventions: Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla's adventures in Beethoven and Mozart

By Katherine Dixson, 29 January 2017

Clearly Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla has found her feet with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and isn't afraid to be a bit experimental.

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Birmingham

29 Jan 2017

Gražinytė-Tyla's adventures in Beethoven and Mozart

By Katherine Dixson

Birmingham

Much excitement from the CBSO under new music director Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla

By Peter Marks, 16 November 2016

New Music Director, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla reminded Birmingham audiences just how much they have to be proud of with an exciting combination of Lithuanian music and symphonic masterpieces.

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Birmingham

16 Nov 2016

Much excitement from the CBSO

By Peter Marks

London

Prom 55: Fate knocks, Ophelia sings, Gražinytė-Tyla triumphs

By Mark Pullinger, 27 August 2016

A pair of auspicious debuts marked the CBSO's Prom: MirgaGražinyte-Tyla was making her London debut, plus it was the first time that Hans Abrahamsen's song cycle let me tell you was to be heard in the capital.

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London

27 Aug 2016

Fate knocks, Ophelia sings, Gražinytė-Tyla triumphs

By Mark Pullinger

Birmingham

The charm of youth: Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla and Beatrice Rana enchant with the CBSO

By Hedy Mühleck, 10 January 2016

A few days before, the local newspaper rather hyped this concert - with good reason, as it turns out.

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Birmingham

10 Jan 2016

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla and Beatrice Rana enchant

By Hedy Mühleck

Prague

Gidon Kremer at Prague Spring: political consciousness and superb musicianship

By Frank Kuznik, 16 May 2014

Gidon Kremer brought the latest version of his Kremerata Baltica ensemble to Prague Spring on Friday night for more than a concert., in which he proved there is still no one quite like him who combines political consciousness with superb musicianship.

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Prague

16 May 2014

Gidon Kremer at Prague Spring: political consciousness and superb musicianship

By Frank Kuznik

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Lucerne

Straffe Zügel: Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla dirigiert am Lucerne Festival

By Thomas Schacher, 25 August 2025

Mit Debussys La Mer und Ravels Boléro bringen die litauische Dirigentin und das Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France zwei Evergreens nach Luzern. Und Julia Hagen brilliert in Elgars Cellokonzert.

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Lucerne

25 Aug 2025

Straffe Zügel: Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla dirigiert am Lucerne Festival

By Thomas Schacher

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Salzburg

Der Idiot: Highlight des Salzburger Festspielsommers

By Isabella Steppan, 23 August 2024

Krzysztof Warlikowsi inszeniert Weinbergs Oper ebenso klar wie packend, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla inspiriert die Wiener Philharmoniker zur Höchstleistung und auch das Sängerensemble bietet Topqualität.

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Salzburg

23 Aug 2024

Der Idiot: Highlight des Salzburger Festspielsommers

By Isabella Steppan

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Paris

L'atypique Sixième de Bruckner par le Philhar' et Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla

By Erwan Gentric, 26 April 2024

Délocalisé pour l'occasion à la Philharmonie de Paris, l'Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio a convaincu dans un programme atypique, malgré la direction rigide et musclée de la cheffe lituanienne.

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Paris

26 Apr 2024

L'atypique Sixième de Bruckner par le Philhar' et Gražinytė-Tyla

By Erwan Gentric

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Madrid

Viaje al abismo con La pasajera de Weinberg en el Teatro Real

By Pablo Sánchez Quinteiro, 24 March 2024

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla manejó con equilibrio sonoro tanto la orquesta como el escenario y dio vida a las demandas emocionales de la magnífica obra de Weinberg.

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Madrid

24 Mar 2024

Viaje al abismo con La pasajera de Weinberg en el Teatro Real

By Pablo Sánchez Quinteiro

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New York City

À New York, Daniil Trifonov réinvente le Concerto de Schumann

By Jean-Pierre Rousseau, 12 October 2023

Au côté du New York Philharmonic, le pianiste russe propose une interprétation extraordinairement riche de l'œuvre de Schumann. Sous la direction de Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, la partie symphonique du programme a moins convaincu.

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New York City

12 Oct 2023

À New York, Daniil Trifonov réinvente le Concerto de Schumann

By Jean-Pierre Rousseau

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Munich

Klangtransparenz und analytisches Feingefühl: Mahlers Zweite mit Gražinytė-Tyla in München

By Michael Vieth, 07 September 2023

Mit einer mustergültige Deutung von Gustav Mahlers Auferstehungs-Symphonie imponierten Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, der Philharmonische Chor und die Philharmoniker in der Isarphilharmonie.

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Munich

07 Sep 2023

Klangtransparenz und Feingefühl: Mahler mit Gražinytė-Tyla in München

By Michael Vieth

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Brussels

Les orages printaniers de Vilde Frang et Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla à Bozar

By Valentin Gautron Lavarone, 22 March 2023

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla et les musiciens du City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra ont manqué de trébucher dans Schumann mais ont porté Elgar au sommet avec Vilde Frang.

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Brussels

22 Mar 2023

Les orages printaniers de Vilde Frang et Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla à Bozar

By Valentin Gautron Lavarone

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Monte-Carlo

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, admirable narratrice de Roméo et Juliette à Monte-Carlo

By Tristan Labouret, 21 January 2023

À la tête de l'Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, la cheffe lituanienne a livré une lecture originale, intelligente et émouvante de l'œuvre de Prokofiev.

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Monte-Carlo

21 Jan 2023

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, admirable narratrice de Roméo et Juliette

By Tristan Labouret

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Graz

Weinberg, Strawinsky und Tschaikowsky mit dem CBSO und Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla in Graz

By Isabella Steppan, 28 March 2022

Klangschön aber letztlich zu kalkuliert, um Emotionen zu wecken – so präsentierte sich das City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra zu Gast im Stefaniensaal.

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Graz

28 Mar 2022

Weinberg, Strawinsky und Tschaikowsky mit dem CBSO und Gražinytė-Tyla

By Isabella Steppan

Paris

Le Philhar’ impressionne pour la grand-messe audiovisuelle de Radio France sur Culturebox

By Augustin Javel, 27 April 2021

C'est un Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France solide qui offre un concert entièrement dédié au XXe siècle sur Culturebox, avec l'excellente cheffe Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla.

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Paris

27 Apr 2021

Le Philhar’ de Radio France impressionne sur Culturebox

By Augustin Javel

Paris

Au-delà des horizons : le CBSO, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla et Yuja Wang

By Sylvain Gaulhiac, 22 May 2019

Le City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra débarque au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées sous la baguette de sa directrice musicale. Un programme bien ficelé autour de Ravel, Brahms et Prokofiev avec la pianiste Yuja Wang.

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Paris

22 May 2019

Au-delà des horizons : le CBSO, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla et Yuja Wang

By Sylvain Gaulhiac

Salzburg

Bewegte Geschichte, bewegtes Bild – Idomeneo am Salzburger Landestheater

By Christine Arnold, 22 December 2016

Der Idomeneo des Salzburger Landestheaters überzeugt durch stimmliche Klasse und einem intellegenten Bühnenbild, das in ständiger Bewegung ist und immer Neues bietet.

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Salzburg

22 Dec 2016

Bewegter Idomeneo in Salzburg

By Christine Arnold

Salzburg

Sekunde für Sekunde Ungewissheit: Hossam Mahmouds Tahrir in Salzburg

By Larissa Schütz, 17 May 2015

Die Ereignisse überschlagen sich und ebenso die Intervalle. Die Uraufführung von Hossam Mahmouds Tahrir zieht das Publikum mitten ins Geschehen und lässt es in eine Mischung aus Klangexperimenten, tonalen und atonalen Melodien fallen.

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Salzburg

17 May 2015

Sekunde für Sekunde Ungewissheit

By Larissa Schütz