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CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
“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...
GLANERT WORLD PREMIERE
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...
MUSICAL AMERICA AWARDS
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.
70TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS IN PRAGUE
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...
MUSICAL AMERICA CONDUCTOR OF THE YEAR
Semyon Bychkov has today (11 October) been announced Musical America’s Conductor of the Year: “A tireless advocate for his art, his fresh and spontaneous-sounding interpretations are meticulous in their attention to detail. But don’t be deceived, it will have taken...
MAHLER ON EUROPEAN TOUR
This month, Semyon Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic embark on their second European tour of the year visiting France, Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany. Highlights of the tour include two performances of Mahler’s Symphony No. 7 in Paris (18 October) and Luxembourg (19...
CZECH PHILHARMONIC CONTRACT EXTENSION TO 2028
Last night prior to the opening of the Czech Philharmonic’s 127th season, Chief Executive David Mareček announced that Semyon Bychkov, Chief Conductor and Music Director since 2018 had signed a new contract with the Orchestra, extending his contract until 2028. Watch...
FIRST RUSALKA AT DVORAK PRAGUE INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL
On Monday 19 September, Semyon Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic present the first of three performances of the opera at the 2022 Dvořák Prague International Music Festival. Rusalka is the first opera that Semyon Bychkov will conduct with the Czech Philharmonic and,...
CONCERT FOR EUROPE
On 2 September, Semyon Bychkov will conduct the Czech Philharmonic in a programme of Czech music on a floating stage on the Vltava River in celebration of the Czech Republic’s EU Presidency. International audiences can watch the concert live via the Facebook pages of...
CZECH PHIL SUMMER TOUR
Semyon Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic appear together for the first time this weekend at the Edinburgh International Music Festival. Presenting two programmes on Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 August, a highlight is their performance of Mahler’s Seventh Symphony which...
ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC HONORARY DOCTORATE
On Tuesday 12 July, Semyon Bychkov received an Honorary Doctorate from the Royal Academy of Music alongside composer Lin-Manuel Miranda. Bychkov, who left the Soviet Union before he could graduate from the Leningrad Conservatory, became an Honorary Member of the...
BBC PROMS 2022
On Friday 5 August, Semyon Bychkov returns to London to conduct the world premiere of the complete Prague Panoramas by Julian Anderson at the BBC Proms. Earlier this year Bychkov conducted the first two movements of Anderson’s latest symphonic work in Munich and in...
BBC HARDTALK
In London to conduct Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 at the Royal Festival Hall with the Royal Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra, Semyon Bychkov was last week the invited guest on BBC HARDtalk filmed at the BBC’s Westminster studios. Today (Monday 20 June), his appearance...
MAHLER’S THIRD SYMPHONY THIS JUNE
This month, Semyon Bychkov focuses on Mahler’s Third Symphony with performances first in Hamburg and then in London. Over three nights at the beginning of June (2, 3 and 5), he will be heard conducting the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester. A couple of weeks later on 23...
ELEKTRA IN PARIS
This May, Semyon Bychkov returns to the Opéra national de Paris to conduct Strauss’s Elektra. He is reunited with American soprano Christine Goerke in title role. The pair last worked together on Elektra in 2020 in Vienna and prior to that were heard at the BBC Proms...
THE ECONOMIST ON UKRAINE AND RUSSIA
Semyon Bychkov was recently invited by The Economist to contribute to their By Invitation column. Find out more here.
THE ECONOMIST ON UKRAINE AND RUSSIA
Semyon Bychkov was recently invited by The Economist to contribute to their By Invitation column. Find out more here.
UKRAINE BENEFIT CONCERT IN PRAGUE
On 1 March, Semyon Bychkov and members of the Czech Philharmonic took part in a benefit concert for Ukraine.Thirty thousand people gathered together at Prague’s Wenceslas Square and more tuned in in solidarity, donating over 180 million in CZK. Skip to 2 hours and 58...
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