FRAGMENTS FROM A MUSICAL LIFE

REMAINING TRUE TO ONESELF TAKES THE GREATEST COURAGE
Semyon, we are doing this interview for your 70th birthday. Do you see that as a milestone? Or as...
INTERVIEW WITH REPORTÉR MAGAZINE
Semyon Bychkov spoke with Reportér magazine’s Adéla Dražanová for an in depth interview about his...
SEMYON BYCHKOV ON VERDI
Spotlight – Listen – Reviews Verdi has always been close to my heart,’ says Semyon Bychkov. ‘I...
SEMYON BYCHKOV ON RACHMANINOV
Spotlight – Listen – Review Rachmaninov was one of Semyon Bychkov’s idols from childhood. ;I...
THE ECONOMIST BY INVITATION ESSAY
“Tchaikovsky and Tolstoy, Mussorgsky and Pushkin, Shostakovich and Akhmatova, among countless...
SEMYON BYCHKOV SPEAKS TO EL PAÍS
Semyon Bychkov: “Perfection depends on what you are looking for” Lockdown has made the conductor...
SEMYON BYCHKOV ON WAGNER
Spotlight – Listen – See in Concert – Reviews ‘Wagner’s operas are the closest music to Buddhism...
SEMYON BYCHKOV ON RICHARD STRAUSS
Spotlight – Listen – See in Concert – Review Semyon Bychkov sees Strauss as a man who lived in two...
TV KULTURA INTERVIEW
Last autumn, Russian presenter Irina Nikitina travelled to Berlin where Semyon was conducting to...
SEMYON BYCHKOV ON BRAHMS
Spotlight – Listen – Review ‘The music of Brahms is always intimate, no matter how loudly it’s...
SEMYON BYCHKOV ON SHOSTAKOVICH
Spotlight – Listen – See in Concert – Reviews ‘I was born later than Shostakovich, so I did not...