City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) is a British orchestra based in Birmingham, England. It is the resident orchestra at Symphony Hall, Birmingham in Birmingham, which has been its principal performance venue since 1991. Its administrative and rehearsal base is at the nearby CBSO Centre, where it also presents chamber concerts by members of the orchestra and guest performers. Each year the orchestra performs more than 150 concerts in Birmingham, the UK and around the world, playing music that ranges from classics to contemporary, film scores and even symphonic disco. With a far-reaching community programme and a family of choruses and youth ensembles, it is involved in every aspect of music-making in the Midlands. At its centre is a team of 90 superb professional musicians, and over a 100-year tradition of making the world's greatest music, in the heart of Birmingham. The CBSO has four choirs – the CBSO Chorus, Youth Chorus, Children's Chorus and SO Vocal (our un-auditioned community choir), conducted by Lucy Hollins. In September 2021 the Orchestra announced that Japanese conductor Kazuki Yamada will be the orchestra's Chief Conductor and Artistic Advisor with effect from 1 April 2023, having been its Principal Guest Conductor since October 2018. The CBSO's former Music Director – Lithuanian conductor Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, who took up her initial three year appointment in September 2016 at the age of 29 – stays on with the CBSO as its Principal Guest Conductor. The CBSO's current Associate Conductor is Michael Seal and in February 2022 the orchestra announced the appointment of a cohort of six new Assistant Conductors – Bertie Baigent, Olivia Clarke, Otis Enokido-Lineham, Jack Lovell-Huckle, Charlotte Politi and Konstantinos Terzakis. The CBSO's current chief executive, appointed in 1999, is Stephen Maddock. He steps down at the end of April 2023 to become Principal at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. His replacement has yet to be announced.

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