Universal’s ‘Virtuoso’ series has just re-released Semyon Bychkov’s recording of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker with the Berliner Philharmoniker. Recorded in Berlin in 1986, The Nutcracker was one of a series of recordings that Bychkov made with the Berliner...
Critic and audiences alike praised Semyon Bychkov conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a special Remembrance Day Sunday performance of Britten’s War Requiem at London’s Royal Albert Hall. “A performance of Britten’s War Requiem in the high spaces of the Albert...
Semyon Bychkov’s current performances with the the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra and Chicago Symphony have earned enthusiastic praise from US critics. The programme features Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 11, “The Year 1905”, coupled with...
Following acclaimed performances with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, and with the students of London’s Royal Academy of Music, and Vienna’s University of Music and the Performing Arts (where he was awarded the Medal of Honour for his concerts with the Webern...
Quality is not negotiable: Semyon Bychkov – Principal conductor of the WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln 1997-2010 Contributions from staff and players as printed in Semyon Bychkov’s final WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln concert programme, June 2010 “What really impressed me...
