Charlotte Symphony Music Director wins Grammy Award

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The music director for the Charlotte Symphony has won a Grammy. Kwame Ryan got the award for Best Opera Recording for Heggie: Intelligence, recorded with the Houston Grand Opera. Ryan is now the first music director in Charlotte Symphony history to win a Grammy.
He accepted his award at the ceremony in Los Angeles Sunday night.

“Kwamé Ryan’s Grammy win reflects what audiences in Charlotte experience every time he steps on the podium,” said Charlotte Symphony President & CEO David Fisk. “We are incredibly proud of Kwamé and this well-deserved honor. He brings extraordinary clarity, emotional depth, and purpose to the music, and this recognition underscores the artistic vision shaping the future of the Charlotte Symphony.”

This is Ryan’s second season as Music Director of the Charlotte Symphony. Ryan will return to Charlotte to conduct the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra in Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 on February 13 and 14 at Belk Theater. The program will also include CSO Spotlight Artist Gabriel Kahane’s Pattern of the Rail: Six Orchestral Songs from Book of Travelers and Dani Howard’s Argentum.