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On 15 January 2016, in a presentation ceremony held in advance of his concert with the Academy Symphony Orchestra, Semyon Bychkov was awarded Honorary Membership of the Royal Academy of Music (HonRAM). Semyon holds the Klemperer Chair of Conducting at the Royal...

This Christmas, Semyon Bychkov returns to Covent Garden to conduct the first opera that he ever conducted, Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin. Given as a concert performance in Leningrad in 1972 when Bychkov was just 20 years old, he has since conducted the work in Paris and...

Prior to conducting the LA Philharmonic last week in Strauss’s Eine Alpensinfonie, Semyon Bychkov talked to NPR Music’s All Things Considered about the piece on the day of its 100th anniversary:...

October marks a busy month of US engagements for Semyon Bychkov who will conduct four different orchestras within the space of four weeks. On 8 October, Bychkov gives the US première of Detlev Glanert’s Brahms-Fantasie with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra which will be...

Opening the new season with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in Salzburg, September has so far seen Semyon Bychkov make further appearances with the Orchestra at the Grafenegg Festival, BBC Proms and Lucerne Festival. The latter half of Bychkov’s European tour with...

Prior to his performance of Shostakovich’s epic Seventh Symphony – the “Leningrad” – at the BBC Proms, Semyon Bychkov took some time to speak with John Wilson at BBC Front Row and to BBC World Service about the work, which is so connected to his birthplace. You can...

With the start of the summer, Semyon Bychkov is in Tokyo for two concerts with the Kioi Sinfonietta on Friday 3 and Saturday 4 July, before returning to Europe for the first of two concerts at the BBC Proms at the end of the month.  In Japan, he will conduct Mozart’s...

Click below to read Semyon Bychkov’s interview in full (in Spanish) – www.elcultural.com

Next month sees Semyon Bychkov return to the Münchner Philharmoniker for the second time this season.  On 15, 16 and 17 June, he conducts the Orchestra in Bruckner’s Symphony No. 8 which he recently performed with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.  As The Chicago...

Semyon Bychkov returns to the Orchestre National de France on Thursday 21 May 2015 in Shostakovich’s monumental Eighth Symphony. The first half features pianist, Alexandre Tharaud, in Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21 K. 467. The concert will be broadcast live on France...

On 26 April 2015, Semyon Bychkov was awarded the Opera Awards Best Conductor prize at a ceremony at London’s Savoy Theatre, hosted by Richard E. Grant. Recently, Bychkov has conducted Strauss’s Die Frau ohne Schatten – which also won the prize for Best Strauss...

This month sees Maestro Bychkov return to Chicago Symphony Orchestra for 8 performances. On 16, 17, 18, and 21 April, he conducts the Orchestra in Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 8 and Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with soloist Daniil Trifonov. He presents a second...

A great Straussian

Following his triumphant successes in Vienna at the helm of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra both in symphonic programmes and opera performances, “Semyon Bychkov achieved moments of absolute opera glory“, “…with his beautiful softly drawn movements, [Bychkov]...

The Première of the Vienna State Opera’s new production of Mussorgsky’s Khovanshchina, conducted by Semyon Bychkov, will be broadcast live on ORF radio.  The performance commences at 18:30 CET on Saturday 15 November 2014.  For more information, click here.

Next month sees the opening of Semyon Bychkov’s new production of Mussorgsky’s ‘Khovanshchina’ at the Vienna State Opera, and Maestro Bychkov took time out of his rehearsals to discuss his impressions of the work with journalist Oliver Lang… SCHWARZ, WEISS – UND ALLE...

Following his three week stint appearing at major European festivals and opening the season with the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, Semyon Bychkov is at the helm of the Gewandhausorchester of Leipzig this week, conducting three concerts featuring Rachmaninov’s Second...

Following hard on the heels of his powerhouse performance of ‘Elektra’ at the BBC Proms, Semyon Bychkov’s 14/15 season has begun in fine style, seeing him reacquainting himself with the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra for a three-week series of concerts in Germany and...