Reflecting back on almost a year now since Russia first invaded Ukraine, Czech TV’s London correspondent caught up with Semyon Bychkov to hear his thoughts: https://www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/1097206490-udalosti-v-kulture/223411000120214/cast/962522/
Semyon Bychkov returns to the UK in the New Year to conduct Dvořák’s Symphony No. 7 with the Royal Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra, culminating in a lunch-time concert on 27 January live streamed via RAM’s YouTube channel here. On 21 February, he gives the first...
“My record of the year is the Czech Philharmonic and its Music Director Semyon Bychkov’s Mahler Symphony No. 5, for an orchestral sound so sumptuous that you could eat it for Christmas dinner. Continuing their cycle of Mahler symphonies, they achieve a fine balance in...
At the start of his tenure with the Czech Philharmonic in 2018, Semyon Bychkov initiated the commissioning of 14 composers – 5 international and 9 Czech – to write pieces to be performed by him and the Orchestra over a number of seasons. On 8 December, they give the...
The Musical America Worldwide Awards take place this Sunday 4 December. The ceremony will include an interview with Semyon Bychkov who won the Conductor of the Year Award. Tune in via Facebook here at 4pm CET, 9pm GMT or 10pm CET.
Semyon Bychkov celebrates his 70th birthday this year with three concerts in Prague. He will be reunited with the Czech Philharmonic Youth Orchestra for Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, followed by Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony with the Czech Philharmonic. This season...
