Announcing its first international tour since the beginning of the pandmemic. the Czech Philharmonic will give 10 concerts with Chief Conductor and Music Director Semyon Bychkov in Austria, Germany and the UK this March. The tour kicks off on 3 March with a 3-concert...
It is with a heavy heart that Semyon Bychkov has had to withdraw from his concerts this summer with the Russian Youth Orchestra. Here he explains why: “The Russian invasion of Ukraine brought unthinkable devastation and human suffering. There can be no winners...
Semyon Bychkov has issued the below statement in light of the news this morning from Ukraine: “Silence in the face of evil becomes its accomplice and ends up becoming its equal. Russian aggression in Ukraine brings us to what my generation hoped would never happen...
On Monday 28 February, Mezzo Live HD broadcast Semyon Bychkov’s performance of Janáček’s Glagolitic Mass with the Czech Philharmonic in Prague. Starting at 9pm GMT, the concert opens with Smolka’s Agnus Dei and Rachmaninov’s First Piano Concerto with Yuja Wang. More...
The Royal Academy of Music today announced that they will confer an honorary doctorate to Semyon Bychkov, the Academy’s Klemperer Chair of Conducting and an Honorary Member since 2016. The awards ceremony will take place this July, a month after Bychkov conducts the...
Semyon Bychkov’s interview with Russian presenter Irina Nikitina about his life and career for TV Kultura’s Enigma Program series is now available to watch online via this link here.