Commentary: Conductor Mirga Gražinyte-Tyla has changed symphonic life. It’s changed her too
LA TimesMirga Gražinyte-Tyla does the things a conductor is supposed to do. At every instant during her concerts with her robust City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra at the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall in Costa Mesa Tuesday night and at Walt Disney Concert Hall Wednesday night, Gražinyte-Tyla displayed a pressing preoccupation with the texture and power of sound. Two years later she became music director of Birmingham’s orchestra, noted for launching the major careers of its three previous music directors — Simon Rattle, Sakari Oramo and Andris Nelsons. At Disney, she led the West Coast premiere of Thomas Adès’ “The Exterminating Angel Symphony” and Kanneh-Mason played Haydn’s First Cello Concerto. Sheku Kanneh-Mason plays Elgar’s Concerto with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra at Segerstrom Hall Tuesday.
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