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Following 3 performances in Prague with the Czech Philharmonic from 28 February-2 March, March sees Semyon Bychkov record Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony at the Rudolfinum as part of his ongoing Tchaikovsky Project for Decca Classics. Later in the month, Bychkov travels...

Semyon Bychkov returns to conduct the London Symphony Orchestra for the second time this season on Sunday 4 February. Live streamed from the Barbican, Bychkov conducts the LSO in Mahler’s Second Symphony Resurrection with soloists Christiane Karg and Anna Larsson....

Semyon Bychkov starts the New Year in Leipzig conducting the Gewandhausorchester on 18, 19 and 21 January in Mahler’s Fourth Symphony and Bruch’s First Violin Concerto with solois Nikolaj Znaider. A week later, he returns to the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich between 25-27...

Newly appointed by the Czech Philharmonic as their Chief Conductor and Music Director designate, Maestro Bychkov returns to Prague for 2 periods of concerts before Christmas: firstly, 6-8 December in Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky with soloist Yuja Wang; secondly, 20-22...

November sees Semyon Bychkov travel to Munich, Vienna and Rome for concerts with the Munich Philharmonic (5-7 November), Vienna Philharmonic (11-12 November) and Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (30 November-2 December). The programmes he’ll conduct will feature...

Click here for Semyon Bychkov’s welcome message following his appointment as the Czech Philharmonic’s new Chief Conductor and Music Director

The 121 year old Czech Philharmonic today announced Semyon Bychkov’s appointment as Chief Conductor and Music Director starting in the 2018-19 season. Click here for further information. Read the transcript of Semyon Bychov’s announcement speech 

October sees Semyon Bychkov return to London for performances with the London Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Academy of Music. In both cases, Bychkov’s focus is Mahler, conducting Symphony No. 5 on 5 October at the Barbican and Symphony No. 9 on 13 October at Duke’s...

emyon Bychkov kicks the new season at the Grafenegg Festival conducting the London Symphony Orchestra on 9-10 September in works by Mahler, Rachmaninov, Britten and Gershwin with soloists Janine Jansen and Rudolf Buchbinder. Next up is a tour with RAI...

On Friday 25 August, Semyon Bychkov releases Vol. 2 – Manfred Symphony – of his ongoing Tchaikovsky Project with the Czech Philharmonic for Decca Classics. Nearly a week later, Bychkov conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in the Manfred Symphony for his second...

This summer, Semyon Bychkov returns to the 2017 BBC Proms for two performances with the BBC Symphony Orchestra: on 6 August, he conducts Mussorgsky’s epic Khovanshchina, and at the end of the month on 31 August, music by Taneyev, Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky’s Manfred...

This Saturday, 1st July, BBC Radio 3’s Music Matters will broadcast Semyon Bychkov’s interview with Tom Service from 12:15pm in which he talked about working with the students of the Royal Academy of Music, his ongoing Tchaikovsky Project, as well as preparing for...

There is Much More to Tchaikovsky’s Music than Meets the Eye

May sees Maestro Bychkov return to conduct the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra in Mahler and Khachaturian (4-5 May), the Berlin Philharmonic in Shostakovich and Strauss (12-14 May), and the Munich Philharmonic in Berlioz, Mahler and Tchaikovsky including a performance in...

Last Friday 21 April, Sony Classical released Semyon Bychkov’s recording of Schmidt’s Symphony No. 2 and Strauss’ Dreaming by the Fireside with the Vienna Philharmonic. Schmidt was a cellist in the Vienna Philharmonic and Bychkov explored his Second Symphony at the...

April sees Semyon Bychkov conduct five further performances of Wagner’s Parsifal at the Wiener Staatsoper on 2, 6, 9, 13 and 16 April. Starring Christopher Ventris as Parsifal, Gerald Finley as Amfortas and Nina Stemme as Kundry, the performance on 13 April will be...

On 30 March, a new production of Wagner’s Parsifal opens at Wiener Staatsoper conducted by Semyon Bychkov. With further performances taking place on 2, 6, 9, 13 and 16 April, the new production by Latvian director Alvis Hermanis stars Christopher Ventris as Parsifal,...

Semyon Bychkov’s ‘Beloved Friend: Tchaikovsky and his World – A Philharmonic Festival’ with the New York Philharmonic continues this month with performances of Piano Concerto No. 1 (1879 version) with Kirill Gerstein and Manfred Symphony on 2, 3, 4 and 7 February,...