From El Pais, by Javier Salas The Jewish-born conductor who performs ‘Tristan and Isolde’ at the Teatro Real, recalls how he fled the USSR in the 1970s and the reprisals experienced by his family. As a great Jew, Semyon Bychkov (St. Petersburg, 70)...
The innate musicality of the Czech people could not fail but to give birth to a vast legacy of musical creations that, in turn, need interpreters to bring them to life. Whatever the complexities of the world, there will always be a place for music that speaks...
Excerpt from David Conway’s interview with Semyon Bychkov in The Critic. Semyon Bychkov, a Russian-born and internationally famed conductor, and familiar figure in London opera houses and concert halls, recently made a forceful intervention, releasing a...
Today PENTATONE announced that Mahler’s Resurrection, the third disc in the Czech Philharmonic’s Mahler Cycle will be released on Good Friday, Friday 7 April. Conducted by Chief Conductor and Music Director of the Czech Philharmonic, Semyon Bychkov, the recording...
Reflecting back on almost a year now since Russia first invaded Ukraine, Czech TV’s London correspondent caught up with Semyon Bychkov to hear his thoughts: https://www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/1097206490-udalosti-v-kulture/223411000120214/cast/962522/
