L.A. Phil’s Young Wonder-Woman Conductor Named Music Director Of City Of Birmingham Symphony

She’s 29-year-old Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla (just call her Mirga) from Lithuania, and she begins her term this September. Her predecessors at the CBSO are Andris Nelsons, Sakari Oramo, and Simon Rattle – and look what they’ve gone on to.