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14 September 2021

City of Birmingham Symphony

Orchestra appoints Kazuki Yamada as

chief conductor

Japanese conductor Kazuki Yamada will become the first non-European to lead the CBSO. Picture:
CBSO

By Maddy Shaw Roberts

Japanese conductor Kazuki Yamada will become the first non-European to
lead the CBSO.

The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) has announced that
Japanese maestro Kazuki Yamada will be its new chief conductor, taking the
baton from Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla who has led the orchestra since 2016.

Yamada, who has been the CBSO’s principal guest conductor since October
2018, will also become the orchestra’s artistic advisor, assuming both roles from
1 April 2023. Gražinytė-Tyla will step down as music director at the end of the
2021-22 season.