Musical America has announced its 62nd annual awards. The prestigious magazine named Semyon Bychkov the Conductor of the Year while Yuval Sharon was named Director of the Year. Other winners included Hilary Hahn as Artist of the Year and Jessie Montgomery as Composer of the year. Bychkov is a Russian conductor who is one of the world’s finest exponents of Tchaikovsky {…}
Semyon Bychov has signed a new contract with the Czech Philharmonic extending his stay with the organization until 2028. The news was announced prior to the opening of the Czech Philharmonic 127th season by Chief Executive David Mareček. Bychov has been with the orchestra since 2018 as its Chief Conductor and Music Director and began his tenure in Prague and {…}
(Photo by Pablo Faccinetto) Katharina Wagner has announced that conductors Semyon Bychkov and Daniele Gatti will be making their returns to the Bayreuth Festival in the coming years. In an official release, the director of the famed institution noted that Gatti would be returning in 2025 to lead a production “Die Meistersinger” while Bychkov would lead a new “Tristan und {…}
Following the attack against Ukraine by the Russian government on Feb. 23, 2022, several Russian and Ukrainian artists are voicing their support for Ukraine and asking for peace. Russian soprano Olga Peretyatko took to social media and posted a picture against war and said, “God, how can I stop this?” Russian Tenor Maxim Mironov also took to his social media {…}
(Credit: Petra Hajska) On May 10, 2021, Semyon Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic will perform to a tested audience of 350 at the Rudolfinum in Prague. The concert will be supported by the Ministry of Culture and will mark the Czech Republic’s first cultural event with a live audience since the autumn and will feature music by Dvořák, Tchaikovsky, Marcello, Saint-Saëns, and Bizet. {…}
I have attended many great performances of Mahler’s Second Symphony, the so-called “Resurrection.” The scale of the piece — requiring ten trumpets, two harps, organ, vocal soloists, chorus, and even a fernorchester (a distant orchestra) — means that any performance of this powerful masterpiece is an event. Two memorable performances I attended occurred at the Tanglewood Festival, one led by Sejii {…}
On Thursday, April 13, 2017, the Vienna State Opera is live streaming its current run of Wagner’s “Parsifal.” The Vienna State Opera’s current production of “Parsifal” has garnered strong reviews since it debuted a few weeks ago with Classical Source praising conductor Semyon Bychov for leading “a patient but never dragging interpretation. He and his musicians demonstrated great endurance and {…}
Speranza Scapucci will conduct the Vienna Opera Ball on Feb. 23. The Italian conductor will fill in for the originally scheduled Semyon Bychkov, who is ill. The Italian conductor Scappucci gave her acclaimed debut to the Viennese Staatsoper last autumn and had been a solokorrepetitor at the Vienna State Opera for several years before she started her international career as a conductor. The {…}
