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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...

You can listen to Semyon Bychkov’s concert from Thursday 12 June with the Orchestre National de France performing music by Wagner with Christianne Stotijn and Strauss until 12 July here from France Musique: http://bit.ly/1nfmA1q

The Berliner Philharmoniker have asked Semyon Bychkov to replace the indisposed Lorin Maazel for 4 concerts. He will conduct the orchestra on 4, 5, 6 and 7 June in performances of Strauss’s ‘Don Quixote’ and Schubert’s ‘Great’ C major Symphony No. 9. The final...

On Saturday, 29th March, The BBC will broadcast the opera live from 17:50 on Radio 3. Audiences around the world can listen on bbc.co.uk and hear why the critics have outdone themselves in reaching for the superlatives: “Richard Strauss’s big year won’t get any better...

Bernard Haitink celebrated his 85th birthday yesterday at a performance of Strauss’s Die Frau ohne Schatten conducted by Semyon Bychkov. Here’s a picture of the two maestros together post-performance.

Maestro Bychkov is now in his second week of rehearsals at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden for Strauss’s Die Frau ohne Schatten. Directed by Claus Guth, the production runs for 7 performances with the opening night on Friday 14th March, and performances...