City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra at Colston hall in Bristol on Tuesday 29th
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra at Colston hall in Bristol on Tuesday 29th May 2018
In August 2016, the young Lithuanian conductor Mirga Gražinyt?-Tyla became the new Music Director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra – one of the UK’s leading symphony orchestras. Based at Birmingham’s Symphony Hall, it plays over 150 concerts each year in Birmingham and beyond – as well as managing four choruses, a youth orchestra, and a Learning and Participation programme that touches over 70,000 lives every year.
Elgar conducted the CBSO’s first symphonic concert in November 1920, but the orchestra really came into the international spotlight in 1980 when it appointed the 25-year old Simon Rattle as principal conductor. Under Rattle’s successors Sakari Oramo and Andris Nelsons the CBSO continued to build on that legacy. Now, under the dynamic leadership of Mirga Gražinyt?-Tyla, associate conductor Michael Seal, assistant conductor Jonathan Bloxham and chorus director Simon Halsey CBE, the CBSO continues to play great music with passion to the widest possible audience.
And as the only professional symphony orchestra based between Bournemouth and Manchester, the CBSO is especially proud of its 97-year tradition of bringing great music to communities throughout the Midlands and the wider UK.
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