Tag: Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla
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Monday Link Round Up: September 19, 2016
News to start your week! Rising star conductor Mirga Gražinyté-Tyla is making her NYC debut today conducting the Juilliard Orchestra. She is leading the ensemble with Berlioz, Beethoven, and Fires from Lithuanian born composer Raminta Šerkšnytė. Find out more about the work here, and tickets and information about today’s concert is available here. OperaHub has announced a…
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Monday Link Round Up: August 29, 2016
News to start your week! ICYMI we are celebrating the 130th birthday of Rebecca Carke! Read more about Clarke’s life, music, and legacy here – or at The Rebecca Clarke Society! The reviews are in from the City of Birmingham’s performance at the BBC Proms, and The Guardian called the performance, led by Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, “spellbinding”…
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Monday Link Round Up: April 18, 2016
Some news to start your week! The big news this weekend was that James Levine is stepping down from the Met. Anne Midgette talks about why a new conductor is long overdue – and WQXR speculates on who will fill the role. (Spoiler: no one is being on a woman taking the baton.) Composer Kate…
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Monday Link Round Up: December 7, 2015
News to start your week! Right after we stopped to think about just how many stories about women conductors have made it to the news this year, the Orange County Register did a profile of Mirga Gražinyte-Tyla. You can also read Marin Alsop’s thoughts about the importance of getting more women on the podium, and her all-female…