Gražinytė-Tyla and the CBSO take the applause after a performance atSymphony Hall, Birmingham in January 2017
Gražinytė-Tyla became SecondKapellmeister (2. Kapellmeisterin) at theTheater Heidelberg in the 2011–2012 season.[13] In 2012, she won the Nestlé and Salzburg Young Conductors Competition. With the 2013–2014 season, she became FirstKapellmeister (1. Kapellmeisterin) at theBern Opera.[5] Gražinytė-Tyla became music director of theSalzburger Landestheater with the 2015–2016 season, with an initial contract of 2 seasons.[14] She concluded her music directorship of the Salzburger Landestheater after the 2016–2017 season.[15]
In the US, Gražinytė-Tyla was aGustavo Dudamel Fellow of theLos Angeles Philharmonic for the 2012–2013 season. In July 2014, she was named the orchestra's assistant conductor, on a 2-year contract.[16] In August 2015, the orchestra named her its new associate conductor, effective with the end of the 2015–2016 season, contracted through 2017.[17]
In July 2015, Gražinytė-Tyla first guest-conducted theCity of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO).[18] She was subsequently engaged for an additional concert with the CBSO in January 2016.[19] In February 2016, the CBSO named her as its next music director, effective September 2016, with an initial contract of 3 years.[20][21] She conducted her first concert as CBSO music director on 26 August 2016 in Birmingham,[22] and made her first appearance atThe Proms the following evening, 27 August 2016. Gražinytė-Tyla is the first female conductor to be named music director of the CBSO.[23] In May 2018, the CBSO announced the extension of Gražinytė-Tyla's contract as its music director through the 2020–2021 season.[24] In January 2021, the CBSO announced that Gražinytė-Tyla is to conclude her tenure as CBSO music director after the 2021–2022 season, and subsequently to take on the post of principal guest conductor of the CBSO.[25]
In February 2019, Gražinytė-Tyla signed an exclusive long-term recording contract withDeutsche Grammophon (DG). She is the first female conductor ever to sign an exclusive recording contract with DG.[26] Her first DG recording, issued in 2019, was of symphonies ofMieczysław Weinberg, with the CBSO.[27] In October 2020, it won the 'Album of the Year' prize at the annualGramophone Awards. Her following DG albums include works byRaminta Šerkšnytė,Benjamin Britten,[28]Ralph Vaughan Williams andWilliam Walton.[29]
Gražinytė-Tyla's partner is a musician. The couple has two sons (one born on 26 August 2018, and the other born in August 2020) and one daughter.[30][31][32] The family maintains a residence inSalzburg.[33]
