BBC HARDTALK

In London to conduct Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 at the Royal Festival Hall with the Royal Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra, Semyon Bychkov was last week the invited guest on BBC HARDtalk filmed at the BBC’s Westminster studios. Today (Monday 20 June), his appearance...

GRAMOPHONE ORCHESTRA OF THE YEAR 2022

“With some legendary names among its chief conductors, the Czech Philharmonic is now in the excellent care of Semyon Bychkov, a fine conductor and someone who understands the orchestra’s traditional colours and style.” The Czech Philharmonic, led by Chief Conductor...
MAHLER’S THIRD SYMPHONY THIS JUNE

MAHLER’S THIRD SYMPHONY THIS JUNE

This month, Semyon Bychkov focuses on Mahler’s Third Symphony with performances first in Hamburg and then in London. Over three nights at the beginning of June (2, 3 and 5), he will be heard conducting the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester. A couple of weeks later on 23...
ELEKTRA IN PARIS

ELEKTRA IN PARIS

This May, Semyon Bychkov returns to the Opéra national de Paris to conduct Strauss’s Elektra. He is reunited with American soprano Christine Goerke in title role. The pair last worked together on Elektra in 2020 in Vienna and prior to that were heard at the BBC Proms...

THE ECONOMIST BY INVITATION ESSAY

“Tchaikovsky and Tolstoy, Mussorgsky and Pushkin, Shostakovich and Akhmatova, among countless others, have given us gifts through their immortal creations. Are we to refuse them now solely because of their Russian origins?” Semyon Bychkov was invited by The Economist...