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In a concert which will mark 100 years of the BBC and broadcast live on BBC Radio 3, Semyon Bychkov will conduct the UK première of Bryce Dessner’s Mari with the BBC Symphony Orchestra on 11 February. Dedicated to Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic, Bychkov has...

Following the national premières of new works by Thomas Larcher and Bryce Dessner last month, on 19 and 20 January, Semyon Bychkov will conduct the world première of two movements from Julian Anderson’s new Symphony No. 2 Prague Panoramas – dedicated to him – inspired...

Semyon Bychkov gives the German première of Thomas Larcher’s Piano Concerto this December with the Berlin Philharmonic and dedicatee Kirill Gerstein. Performances take place on 2, 3 and 4 December with the last being live-streamed via the Berlin Phil’s Digital Concert...

Semyon Bychkov returns to the USA for the first time since 2018 this November. On 11, 13 and 14 November, he conducts the Cleveland Orchestra in music by Dvořák, Ravel and Tchaikovsky. A week later, Bychkov will return to New York to conduct the NY Philharmonic at...

For the opening subscription concerts of the 126th season, Semyon Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic present six performances of Mahler’s mighty Ninth Symphony in Prague from 27-29 October and 4-6 November. Following recording sessions of Mahler’s First Symphony...

Last Friday the world mourned the loss of Maestro Bernard Haitink with whom Semyon Bychkov has warm memories of his encounters. Here are a few lines he wrote about the great Dutch conductor: “With the departure of Bernard Haitink we lost Haitink the artist and Haitink...

Semyon Bychkov is in Paris at the moment conducting the Orchestre de Paris for the first time since 1998 for three performances on 22, 23 and 24 September featuring Mahler’s Second Symphony. In between rehearsals, he caught up with France Musique’s Les Grands...

Semyon Bychkov launches his new season in Paris where he returns to conduct the Orchestre de Paris (22-24 September) for the first time since 1998. His programme for his return is Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 Resurrection, the work he programmed for his inaugural concert...

Marking his 180th birthday this year, Dvořák is Mezzo TV’s Composer of the Month this September. Mezzo TV subscribers can catch up on previous Czech Philharmonic performances of the composer’s last three symphonies conducted by Chief Conductor and Music Director...

Semyon Bychkov returns to London for the first time in over a year to conduct the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the BBC Proms. Beethoven’s Coriolanus Overture and Schumann’s Piano Concerto in A minor with soloist Kirill Gerstein will be heard in the first half followed by...

Semyon Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic will be reunited after the summer at the 2021 Grafenegg Festival where they will present concerts on 26 and 27 August. On their first night, they play Kabeláč’s The Mystery of Time paired with Mahler’s Fifth Symphony. For...

On Wednesday 23 June, Semyon Bychkov conducts the world premiere of Bryce Dessner’s new orchestral work Mari in Zurich dedicated to Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic. The six concerts in total with the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich will also feature Tchaikovsky’s...

On Saturday 29 May, the Czech Philharmonic under Chief Conductor and Music Director Semyon Bychkov return to Vienna for the first time since both the Czech Republic and Austria emerged from their second lockdowns this spring. Travelling from Prague, the Orchestra will...

On Monday 10 May, Semyon Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic present the Czech Republic’s first cultural event with a live event since last autumn. Honouring the 125th anniversary of ŠKODA, one of the Orchestra’s main corporate sponsors for over twenty years, a tested...

The Czech Philharmonic with Chief Conductor & Music Director Semyon have announced their 126th season launching on 29 September this year with Shostakovich’s Leningrad Symphony. Find out more here and watch the Orchestra’s digital season announcement...

Semyon Bychkov returns to Prague on Thursday 29 April for the Czech Philharmonic’s final Spring Star series live-stream. He’ll be joined by Kirill Gerstein for Schumann’s Piano Concerto in A minor followed by Tchaikovsky’s ‘Little Russian’ Symphony No. 2. The concert...

Following their first concerts together in August 2020, Semyon Bychkov and the Euskadiko Orkestra will once again perform together, this time in Mahler’s Fourth Symphony this March. Two concerts take place on 5 March in Pamplona-Iruña and one on 6 March as part of...

Semyon Bychkov will be working with the Czech Student Philharmonic for the first time this month, and together they’ll present a concert on Saturday 20 February streamed live on the Orchestra’s Facebook and YouTube pages from 8.15pm CET. The concert will also be...