From The Times, Jessica Duchen On the night that Russia invaded Ukraine, Semyon Bychkov was in Prague, conducting the Philharmonic Orchestra there in Janacek’s Glagolitic Mass. Afterwards, he couldn’t sleep. Experts were saying that the build-up of Russian troops on...
“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...
Spotlight – Listen – See in Concert – Review For me, much of the value of performing contemporary music is the experience of working with the composer,” says Semyon Bychkov. “When you perform the music of the past, you rely on your own insight and knowledge, and what...
Teatro Real in Madrid welcomes Semyon Bychkov back this month for Wagner’s Parsifal which opens on Saturday 2 April. The production reunites Bychkov with director Claus Guth with whom he worked on Strauss’s Die Frau ohne Schatten at the Royal Opera House, Covent...
The beginning of February sees Semyon Bychkov visit five cities within the space of seven days as part of his European tour with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra this season. Bychkov conducts the Orchestra in Madrid (1 February), Luxembourg (3 February), Frankfurt (4...
In advance of conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a Remembrance Day Sunday concert of Britten’s War Requiem at London’s Royal Albert Hall, Semyon Bychkov speaks with Sinfini’s Amanda Holloway on the music and his own history with the work. Click here to read the...
