May sees Maestro Bychkov return to conduct the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra in Mahler and Khachaturian (4-5 May), the Berlin Philharmonic in Shostakovich and Strauss (12-14 May), and the Munich Philharmonic in Berlioz, Mahler and Tchaikovsky including a performance in...
Last Friday 21 April, Sony Classical released Semyon Bychkov’s recording of Schmidt’s Symphony No. 2 and Strauss’ Dreaming by the Fireside with the Vienna Philharmonic. Schmidt was a cellist in the Vienna Philharmonic and Bychkov explored his Second Symphony at the...
April sees Semyon Bychkov conduct five further performances of Wagner’s Parsifal at the Wiener Staatsoper on 2, 6, 9, 13 and 16 April. Starring Christopher Ventris as Parsifal, Gerald Finley as Amfortas and Nina Stemme as Kundry, the performance on 13 April will be...
On 30 March, a new production of Wagner’s Parsifal opens at Wiener Staatsoper conducted by Semyon Bychkov. With further performances taking place on 2, 6, 9, 13 and 16 April, the new production by Latvian director Alvis Hermanis stars Christopher Ventris as Parsifal,...
Semyon Bychkov’s ‘Beloved Friend: Tchaikovsky and his World – A Philharmonic Festival’ with the New York Philharmonic continues this month with performances of Piano Concerto No. 1 (1879 version) with Kirill Gerstein and Manfred Symphony on 2, 3, 4 and 7 February,...