12 Jan, 2014
Shostakovich’s war-torn Seventh Symphony forms the centrepiece of Semyon Bychkov’s concert with the BBC Symphony Orchestra at London’s Barbican Hall on Thursday 16th January. In the Independent on Sunday he talks to Gavin Plumley about his conception of the piece, and...
8 Jan, 2014
Semyon Bychkov kicks off his 2014 calendar with a keenly-awaited return visit to the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. His trio of subscription concerts on 10th, 11th and 12th January will see him conduct Shostakovich’s incendiary Symphony No. 11 ‘The Year 1905’, and...
5 Dec, 2013
Following an extraordinary performance of Britten’s War Requiem in London, Semyon Bychkov is now in California where he will conduct Bruckner’s Symphony No. 8 with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, before reprising the War Requiem with the San Francisco Symphony...
1 Dec, 2013
Spotlight – Listen – Review ‘The music of Brahms is always intimate, no matter how loudly it’s talking,’ says Semyon Bychkov. ‘For me, this is the great paradox: the monumentality of Brahms is in its intimacy. There is an interesting letter that he wrote in 1886 to...
29 Nov, 2013
Spotlight – Listen – Reviews Verdi has always been close to my heart,’ says Semyon Bychkov. ‘I grew up in Leningrad, where there are three opera houses, including the least-known one that is part of the Conservatory. All three had La Traviata in their repertoire, and...
