Mirga Graà ¾inytÃÂ-Tyla (born Mirga Graà ¾inytÃÂ, 29 August 1986) is a Lithuanian conductor.
Graà ¾inytÃÂ-Tyla was born in Vilnius on 2 April 1986. Her father, Romualdas Graà ¾inis, is a choir conductor affiliated with the Aidija Chamber Choir in Vilnius. Her mother SigutàGraà ¾inienàis a pianist and singer. Her grandmother Beata VasiliauskaitÃÂ-à  midtienàwas a violinist. Her great-uncle was an organist, and her great-aunt was a composer. The oldest of three siblings, her sister OnutàGraà ¾inytàis a pianist, and she has a younger brother, Adomas Graà ¾inis.
As a child, Graà ¾inytÃÂ-Tyla received her initial education in French and painting, and studied at the National M. K. ÃÂiurlionis School of Art in Vilnius. At age 11, she decided that she wanted to study music, and the one remaining musical programme option was choral conducting. She subsequently received musical training and education without ever playing a musical instrument. She first conducted a choir at age 13. She subsequently continued music studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, where her instructors included Johannes Prinz, and completed her degree in 2007. She subsequently studied conducting at the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig with Ulrich Windfuhr and the Zurich University of the Arts (where her mentors included Johannes Schlaefli). Graà ¾inytÃÂ-Tyla chose to add the word 'Tyla', Lithuanian for 'silence', to form her professional name.
Graà ¾inytÃÂ-Tyla became Second Kapellmeister (2. Kapellmeisterin) at the Theater Heidelberg in the 2011âÂÂ2012 season. In 2012, she won the Nestlé and Salzburg Young Conductors Competition. With the 2013âÂÂ2014 season, she became First Kapellmeister (1. Kapellmeisterin) at the Bern Opera. Graà ¾inytÃÂ-Tyla became music director of the Salzburger Landestheater with the 2015âÂÂ2016 season, with an initial contract of 2 seasons. She concluded her music directorship of the Salzburger Landestheater after the 2016âÂÂ2017 season.
In the US, Graà ¾inytÃÂ-Tyla was a Gustavo Dudamel Fellow of the Los Angeles Philharmonic for the 2012âÂÂ2013 season. In July 2014, she was named the orchestra's assistant conductor, on a 2-year contract. In August 2015, the orchestra named her its new associate conductor, effective with the end of the 2015âÂÂ2016 season, contracted through 2017.
In July 2015, Graà ¾inytÃÂ-Tyla first guest-conducted the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO). She was subsequently engaged for an additional concert with the CBSO in January 2016. In February 2016, the CBSO named her as its next music director, effective September 2016, with an initial contract of 3 years. She conducted her first concert as CBSO music director on 26 August 2016 in Birmingham, and made her first appearance at The Proms the following evening, 27 August 2016. Graà ¾inytÃÂ-Tyla is the first female conductor to be named music director of the CBSO. In May 2018, the CBSO announced the extension of Graà ¾inytÃÂ-Tyla's contract as its music director through the 2020âÂÂ2021 season. Graà ¾inytÃÂ-Tyla concluded her tenure as CBSO music director after the 2021âÂÂ2022 season, and subsequently to take on the post of principal guest conductor of the CBSO. She currently has the title of associate artist with the CBSO.
In February 2019, Graà ¾inytÃÂ-Tyla signed an exclusive long-term recording contract with Deutsche Grammophon (DG). She is the first female conductor ever to sign an exclusive recording contract with DG. Her first DG recording, issued in 2019, was of symphonies of Mieczysà Âaw Weinberg, with the CBSO. In October 2020, it won the 'Album of the Year' prize at the annual Gramophone Awards. Her following DG albums include works by Raminta à  erkà ¡nytÃÂ, Benjamin Britten, Ralph Vaughan Williams and William Walton.
In 2021, Graà ¾inytÃÂ-Tyla first guest-conducted the Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France. In November 2025, the orchestra announced the appointment of Graà ¾inytÃÂ-Tyla as its next principal guest conductor, the first female conductor to be named to the post, effective in September 2026, with an initial contract of three years.
Graà ¾inytÃÂ-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. The family maintains a residence in Salzburg.