FRAGMENTS FROM A MUSICAL LIFE
REMAINING TRUE TO ONESELF TAKES THE GREATEST COURAGE
Semyon, we are doing this interview for your 70th birthday. Do you see that as a milestone? Or as...
THE ECONOMIST BY INVITATION ESSAY
“Tchaikovsky and Tolstoy, Mussorgsky and Pushkin, Shostakovich and Akhmatova, among countless...
TV KULTURA INTERVIEW
Last autumn, Russian presenter Irina Nikitina travelled to Berlin where Semyon was conducting to...
INTERVIEW WITH REPORTÉR MAGAZINE
Semyon Bychkov spoke with Reportér magazine’s Adéla Dražanová for an in depth interview about his...
SEMYON BYCHKOV SPEAKS TO EL PAÍS
Semyon Bychkov: “Perfection depends on what you are looking for” Lockdown has made the conductor...
SEMYON BYCHKOV ON BRAHMS
Spotlight – Listen – Review ‘The music of Brahms is always intimate, no matter how loudly it’s...
SEMYON BYCHKOV ON VERDI
Spotlight – Listen – Reviews Verdi has always been close to my heart,’ says Semyon Bychkov. ‘I...
SEMYON BYCHKOV ON WAGNER
Spotlight – Listen – See in Concert – Reviews ‘Wagner’s operas are the closest music to Buddhism...
SEMYON BYCHKOV ON SHOSTAKOVICH
Spotlight – Listen – See in Concert – Reviews ‘I was born later than Shostakovich, so I did not...
SEMYON BYCHKOV ON RACHMANINOV
Spotlight – Listen – Review Rachmaninov was one of Semyon Bychkov’s idols from childhood. ;I...
SEMYON BYCHKOV ON RICHARD STRAUSS
Spotlight – Listen – See in Concert – Review Semyon Bychkov sees Strauss as a man who lived in two...