NEWSNEXTPREVIOUS 3RD AUGUST 2021 BBC PROMS 2021

Semyon Bychkov returns to London for the first time in over a year to conduct the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the BBC Proms. Beethoven’s Coriolanus Overture and Schumann’s Piano Concerto in A minor with soloist Kirill Gerstein will be heard in the first half followed by...

GRAFENEGG FESTIVAL 2021

Semyon Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic will be reunited after the summer at the 2021 Grafenegg Festival where they will present concerts on 26 and 27 August. On their first night, they play Kabeláč’s The Mystery of Time paired with Mahler’s Fifth Symphony. For...

SUMMER NEWS

On Wednesday 23 June, Semyon Bychkov conducts the world premiere of Bryce Dessner’s new orchestral work Mari in Zurich dedicated to Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic. The six concerts in total with the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich will also feature Tchaikovsky’s...

RETURN TOUR TO VIENNA

On Saturday 29 May, the Czech Philharmonic under Chief Conductor and Music Director Semyon Bychkov return to Vienna for the first time since both the Czech Republic and Austria emerged from their second lockdowns this spring. Travelling from Prague, the Orchestra will...

INTERVIEW WITH REPORTÉR MAGAZINE

Semyon Bychkov spoke with Reportér magazine’s Adéla Dražanová for an in depth interview about his life to date: from growing up in Leningrad and studying at the Glinka Choral School in the 1960’s; emigrating to the USA via Vienna; and how he came to be the Czech...