EINE MEINER GLÜCKLICHSTEN ZEITEN

Kolner Stadt-Anzeiger, June 2010 “Nach 13 Jahren als Chefdirigent des WDR-Sinfonieorchesters verlässt Semyon Bychkov Köln. Es ist ein Abschied voller Stolz. Ein Gespräch über Jahre mit vielen Höhepunkten, neue Aufgaben und die Uniformität der Musik. Herr Bychkov, 13...

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GOING BANANAS IN THE WEST – INTERVIEW IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES

“The conductor Semyon Bychkov, 56, was born in Leningrad (now St Petersburg) in the last months of Stalin’s rule and emigrated to the US in 1975. His appointments have included music director of the Orchestra de Paris, principal guest conductor of the Maggio Musicale...

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KNOWLEDGE AND INSTINCT: SEMYON BYCHKOV ON VERDI’S DON CARLO

Classical Source, Mansel Stimpson, September 2009 “As his website attests, Semyon Bychkov’s life is one rich in incident. To win a major conducting competition, the Rachmaninov, by the age of twenty one would be sufficient in itself to mark out his early life as...

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RETOUR À PARIS – INTERVIEW IN DIAPASON

Diapason, June 2007 “Comment est née votre affection pour la France? ‘C’est le pre-mier pays européen à m’avoir accueilli si chaleureusement. En 1983, j’ai dirigé Casse-Noisette de Tchaikovski à l’Opéra de Lyon ; l’année suivante, j’étais au Festival d’Aix-en-Provence...

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A PASSION FOR PRECISION – INTERVIEW IN THE DAILY TELEGRAPH

The Daily Telegraph, November 2006 “It’s 6.30pm in a restaurant in Covent Garden, London, and the waitress has been waiting some time for the excitable, slightly jowly man with the black eyes and dark curly hair sitting opposite me to say whether he likes the wine....

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BYCHKOV OF THREE WORLDS – INTERVIEW IN LA STAMPA

La Stampa, June 2006 “Listening to him while he conducts is like unrolling a precious piece of fabric, hold it against the light and discover in the weave all the emotions of its maker. Semyon Bychkov is one of those exceptional conductors whose elegance and...

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PERFECT WEEKEND

The Financial Times, June 2006 “Guest of the world’s greatest opera houses and renowned interpreter of 20th century classics, Paris based Semyon Bychkov is chief conductor of WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne. Next month, he conducts Lohengrin in Vienna: ‘Perhaps because...

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