The former Birmingham music director Mirga Gražinte-Tyla made an acclaimed debut with the Gewandhaus on Friday night, conducting works by Silvestrov, Kissine, Debussy and Ravel.
The event had a sentimental dimension. Mirga spent her early student years at the Leipzig conservatoire.
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