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Charlotte Symphony conductor wins Grammy for Best Opera Recording

Kwame’ Ryan won a Grammy Award Sunday for Best Opera Recording. He is the first Charlotte Symphony music director to be nominated for, and win, a Grammy. (Genesis Photography)

CHARLOTTE — For the first time in history, a Charlotte Symphony conductor has won a Grammy.

The Charlotte Observer says Maestro Kwamé Ryan won Best Opera Recording. It’s for the recording he did with the Houston Grand Opera.

Ryan is the first music director in the orchestra’s 94-year-old history to even be nominated for a Grammy.

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