Semyon Bychkov
@semyonbychkov.bsky.social
Chief Conductor and Music Director of the Czech Philharmonic
A new documentary about the life and works of the composer Shostakovich, in which Semyon Bychkov features, will be available online on @artefr.bsky.social from August 9, the date which marks the 50th anniversary of his death.
Details here: www.unfilmalapatte.fr/films.asp?id...
Details here: www.unfilmalapatte.fr/films.asp?id...
July 22, 2025 at 4:13 PM
A new documentary about the life and works of the composer Shostakovich, in which Semyon Bychkov features, will be available online on @artefr.bsky.social from August 9, the date which marks the 50th anniversary of his death.
Details here: www.unfilmalapatte.fr/films.asp?id...
Details here: www.unfilmalapatte.fr/films.asp?id...
"The performance once again demonstrates the immense calibre of the Bayreuth Festival choir & orchestra. This requires a respected conductor who understands his craft. Semyon Bychkov is just such a Wagner-calibrated musician" - Online Merker on the Blu-ray of Tristan and Isolde.
July 9, 2025 at 11:48 AM
"The performance once again demonstrates the immense calibre of the Bayreuth Festival choir & orchestra. This requires a respected conductor who understands his craft. Semyon Bychkov is just such a Wagner-calibrated musician" - Online Merker on the Blu-ray of Tristan and Isolde.
Recording has been taking place in Prague of Mahler's Symphony No. 8, with the Czech Philharmonic conducted by Semyon Bychkov.
To be released as part of the Pentatone Music Mahler Cycle box set next spring.
Find Semyon Bychkov's full discography: semyonbychkov.com/discography/
To be released as part of the Pentatone Music Mahler Cycle box set next spring.
Find Semyon Bychkov's full discography: semyonbychkov.com/discography/
June 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Recording has been taking place in Prague of Mahler's Symphony No. 8, with the Czech Philharmonic conducted by Semyon Bychkov.
To be released as part of the Pentatone Music Mahler Cycle box set next spring.
Find Semyon Bychkov's full discography: semyonbychkov.com/discography/
To be released as part of the Pentatone Music Mahler Cycle box set next spring.
Find Semyon Bychkov's full discography: semyonbychkov.com/discography/
Semyon Bychkov is to conduct a new production of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, directed by British actor and director Ralph Fiennes.
Performances will take place at Opéra national de Paris next year from January 26 to February 27.
Performances will take place at Opéra national de Paris next year from January 26 to February 27.
June 23, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Semyon Bychkov is to conduct a new production of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, directed by British actor and director Ralph Fiennes.
Performances will take place at Opéra national de Paris next year from January 26 to February 27.
Performances will take place at Opéra national de Paris next year from January 26 to February 27.
Today marks the 161st anniversary of the birth of composer Richard Strauss.
Of his life and work, Semyon Bychkov said: "Strauss was just 34 when he wrote Ein Heldenleben. It's extraordinary that someone would write a complete musical autobiography at such a young age."
Of his life and work, Semyon Bychkov said: "Strauss was just 34 when he wrote Ein Heldenleben. It's extraordinary that someone would write a complete musical autobiography at such a young age."
June 11, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Today marks the 161st anniversary of the birth of composer Richard Strauss.
Of his life and work, Semyon Bychkov said: "Strauss was just 34 when he wrote Ein Heldenleben. It's extraordinary that someone would write a complete musical autobiography at such a young age."
Of his life and work, Semyon Bychkov said: "Strauss was just 34 when he wrote Ein Heldenleben. It's extraordinary that someone would write a complete musical autobiography at such a young age."
"Bychkov's Mahler was romantically exuberant, dramatically striking, emotionally yearning and lyrically shimmering" - KlasikaPlus
June 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
"Bychkov's Mahler was romantically exuberant, dramatically striking, emotionally yearning and lyrically shimmering" - KlasikaPlus
"Mahler’s Symphony No.8, performed as the final concert of the Prague Spring Festival, brought this year's 80th anniversary edition of the festival to a dignified close. The performance was riveting in all respects" - Opera Plus
June 5, 2025 at 9:26 AM
"Mahler’s Symphony No.8, performed as the final concert of the Prague Spring Festival, brought this year's 80th anniversary edition of the festival to a dignified close. The performance was riveting in all respects" - Opera Plus
The magnificent Mahler's Symphony No. 8 brought the 80th Prague Spring Festival to a close in the Smetana Hall last night.
📷 Roman Vondrouš and Václav Hodina
📷 Roman Vondrouš and Václav Hodina
June 4, 2025 at 11:19 AM
The magnificent Mahler's Symphony No. 8 brought the 80th Prague Spring Festival to a close in the Smetana Hall last night.
📷 Roman Vondrouš and Václav Hodina
📷 Roman Vondrouš and Václav Hodina
Beautiful pictures captured at last night's performance of Mahler's Symphony No. 8 at the Prague Spring Festival, giving a sense of the scale of the number of musicians and singers taking part.
📷 Václav Hodina
📷 Václav Hodina
June 3, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Beautiful pictures captured at last night's performance of Mahler's Symphony No. 8 at the Prague Spring Festival, giving a sense of the scale of the number of musicians and singers taking part.
📷 Václav Hodina
📷 Václav Hodina
As part of Deutsche Grammophon's global media partnership with the Bayreuth Festival, a filmed version of the 2024 production of Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde, conducted by Semyon Bychkov, is to be released digitally and on Blu-ray on July 4, 2025.
June 2, 2025 at 9:19 PM
As part of Deutsche Grammophon's global media partnership with the Bayreuth Festival, a filmed version of the 2024 production of Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde, conducted by Semyon Bychkov, is to be released digitally and on Blu-ray on July 4, 2025.
Not quite a thousand, but still hugely impressive!
This rehearsal picture gives a sense of the scale of the choir taking part in Mahler's Symphony No. 8 - Symphony of a Thousand - in Prague on Monday and Tuesday, with the Czech Philharmonic and Semyon Bychkov.
This rehearsal picture gives a sense of the scale of the choir taking part in Mahler's Symphony No. 8 - Symphony of a Thousand - in Prague on Monday and Tuesday, with the Czech Philharmonic and Semyon Bychkov.
May 30, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Not quite a thousand, but still hugely impressive!
This rehearsal picture gives a sense of the scale of the choir taking part in Mahler's Symphony No. 8 - Symphony of a Thousand - in Prague on Monday and Tuesday, with the Czech Philharmonic and Semyon Bychkov.
This rehearsal picture gives a sense of the scale of the choir taking part in Mahler's Symphony No. 8 - Symphony of a Thousand - in Prague on Monday and Tuesday, with the Czech Philharmonic and Semyon Bychkov.
Some behind-the-scenes images from Semyon Bychkov's interview with Ian Willoughby of Radio Prague International at the Vaclav Havel Library in Prague earlier this month.
Semyon met with Iva Baranová, of the library's board of trustees, during his visit.
📷 Ondřej Němec
Semyon met with Iva Baranová, of the library's board of trustees, during his visit.
📷 Ondřej Němec
May 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Some behind-the-scenes images from Semyon Bychkov's interview with Ian Willoughby of Radio Prague International at the Vaclav Havel Library in Prague earlier this month.
Semyon met with Iva Baranová, of the library's board of trustees, during his visit.
📷 Ondřej Němec
Semyon met with Iva Baranová, of the library's board of trustees, during his visit.
📷 Ondřej Němec
"The title itself is "My Country" and all of us have one. It is about the roots that everyone has: there is a feeling of identification that makes it universal."
- Semyon Bychkov on Má vlast, which was composed between 1874 and 1879 by the Czech composer Bedřich Smetana.
- Semyon Bychkov on Má vlast, which was composed between 1874 and 1879 by the Czech composer Bedřich Smetana.
May 26, 2025 at 11:26 AM
"The title itself is "My Country" and all of us have one. It is about the roots that everyone has: there is a feeling of identification that makes it universal."
- Semyon Bychkov on Má vlast, which was composed between 1874 and 1879 by the Czech composer Bedřich Smetana.
- Semyon Bychkov on Má vlast, which was composed between 1874 and 1879 by the Czech composer Bedřich Smetana.
"The style was emblematic of Bychkov’s larger work with the orchestra, fiery, fast-paced and finely balanced, every layer of the music clear and distinct" - @bachtrack.com on the opening Prague Spring concert of Smetana’s Má vlast.
May 16, 2025 at 1:44 PM
"The style was emblematic of Bychkov’s larger work with the orchestra, fiery, fast-paced and finely balanced, every layer of the music clear and distinct" - @bachtrack.com on the opening Prague Spring concert of Smetana’s Má vlast.
An opportunity to hear Semyon Bychkov in conversation with journalist Ian Willoughby of Radio Prague.
7pm, Wednesday, May 14, at the Václav Havel Library in Prague. Admission free.
7pm, Wednesday, May 14, at the Václav Havel Library in Prague. Admission free.
May 9, 2025 at 12:59 PM
An opportunity to hear Semyon Bychkov in conversation with journalist Ian Willoughby of Radio Prague.
7pm, Wednesday, May 14, at the Václav Havel Library in Prague. Admission free.
7pm, Wednesday, May 14, at the Václav Havel Library in Prague. Admission free.
"When they see someone who is meant to lead, they see the commitment... they see the passion. And they are happy to join in" - Semyon Bychkov on leading an orchestra.
May 2, 2025 at 11:21 AM
"When they see someone who is meant to lead, they see the commitment... they see the passion. And they are happy to join in" - Semyon Bychkov on leading an orchestra.
"The contrasts achieved in the central section’s scherzo were fabulous... The adagio was unforgettable."
- Javier Pérez writing for Platea Magazine on Semyon Bychkov and the Concertgebouw Orchestra's performance of Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 7 in Amsterdam.
- Javier Pérez writing for Platea Magazine on Semyon Bychkov and the Concertgebouw Orchestra's performance of Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 7 in Amsterdam.
April 28, 2025 at 11:38 AM
"The contrasts achieved in the central section’s scherzo were fabulous... The adagio was unforgettable."
- Javier Pérez writing for Platea Magazine on Semyon Bychkov and the Concertgebouw Orchestra's performance of Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 7 in Amsterdam.
- Javier Pérez writing for Platea Magazine on Semyon Bychkov and the Concertgebouw Orchestra's performance of Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 7 in Amsterdam.
The Czech Philharmonic and Semyon Bychkov's recording of Smetana's Má vlast has won the BBC Music Magazine 2025 Orchestral Award! 👏
April 24, 2025 at 8:53 AM
The Czech Philharmonic and Semyon Bychkov's recording of Smetana's Má vlast has won the BBC Music Magazine 2025 Orchestral Award! 👏
"A fierce indictment of oppression and violence, and a most compelling requiem for their victims everywhere."
On April 24, 25 and 27, in Amsterdam, Semyon Bychkov leads the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Dmitri Shostakovich’s monumental ‘Leningrad’ Symphony.
On April 24, 25 and 27, in Amsterdam, Semyon Bychkov leads the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Dmitri Shostakovich’s monumental ‘Leningrad’ Symphony.
April 17, 2025 at 5:14 PM
"A fierce indictment of oppression and violence, and a most compelling requiem for their victims everywhere."
On April 24, 25 and 27, in Amsterdam, Semyon Bychkov leads the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Dmitri Shostakovich’s monumental ‘Leningrad’ Symphony.
On April 24, 25 and 27, in Amsterdam, Semyon Bychkov leads the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Dmitri Shostakovich’s monumental ‘Leningrad’ Symphony.
"Music being a language - when we speak a language within which we are born, our mother tongue, we will not speak it as a textbook language. We will speak the living language people living in that land speak" - Semyon Bychkov on how the Czech Philharmonic interpret Czech music.
April 11, 2025 at 12:03 PM
"Music being a language - when we speak a language within which we are born, our mother tongue, we will not speak it as a textbook language. We will speak the living language people living in that land speak" - Semyon Bychkov on how the Czech Philharmonic interpret Czech music.
Semyon Bychkov is to work alongside British actor and director Ralph Fiennes on a new production of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin at Opéra National de Paris next February.
The production will be led by Fiennes, with music direction by Bychkov, who will later hand to Case Scaglione
The production will be led by Fiennes, with music direction by Bychkov, who will later hand to Case Scaglione
April 4, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Semyon Bychkov is to work alongside British actor and director Ralph Fiennes on a new production of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin at Opéra National de Paris next February.
The production will be led by Fiennes, with music direction by Bychkov, who will later hand to Case Scaglione
The production will be led by Fiennes, with music direction by Bychkov, who will later hand to Case Scaglione
📻 March 28!
Czech Radio will broadcast the concert in Prague, with the Czech Philharmonic and Jiří Vodička performing Shostakovich Violin Concerto No.1 and No.5.
From 7.30pm local time.
Czech Radio will broadcast the concert in Prague, with the Czech Philharmonic and Jiří Vodička performing Shostakovich Violin Concerto No.1 and No.5.
From 7.30pm local time.
March 19, 2025 at 3:15 PM
📻 March 28!
Czech Radio will broadcast the concert in Prague, with the Czech Philharmonic and Jiří Vodička performing Shostakovich Violin Concerto No.1 and No.5.
From 7.30pm local time.
Czech Radio will broadcast the concert in Prague, with the Czech Philharmonic and Jiří Vodička performing Shostakovich Violin Concerto No.1 and No.5.
From 7.30pm local time.
"Under Bychkov the orchestra sounded rich and resonant, never forced" - the Financial Times on Friday's concert in London
March 13, 2025 at 10:05 AM
"Under Bychkov the orchestra sounded rich and resonant, never forced" - the Financial Times on Friday's concert in London
"The finale was luminous at times, near-grotesque at others, its apotheosis magnificently, fearlessly intense."
- Flora Willson reviews Saturday night's London concert for The Guardian.
- Flora Willson reviews Saturday night's London concert for The Guardian.
March 12, 2025 at 10:48 AM
"The finale was luminous at times, near-grotesque at others, its apotheosis magnificently, fearlessly intense."
- Flora Willson reviews Saturday night's London concert for The Guardian.
- Flora Willson reviews Saturday night's London concert for The Guardian.
Tonight - London! With cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason.
"An orchestra blazing burnished colours, rich string tone, and boundless refinement, the Czech Philharmonic launches a two-day residency with a concert of Shostakovich" - The Barbican.
Details: www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/202...
"An orchestra blazing burnished colours, rich string tone, and boundless refinement, the Czech Philharmonic launches a two-day residency with a concert of Shostakovich" - The Barbican.
Details: www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/202...
March 7, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Tonight - London! With cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason.
"An orchestra blazing burnished colours, rich string tone, and boundless refinement, the Czech Philharmonic launches a two-day residency with a concert of Shostakovich" - The Barbican.
Details: www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/202...
"An orchestra blazing burnished colours, rich string tone, and boundless refinement, the Czech Philharmonic launches a two-day residency with a concert of Shostakovich" - The Barbican.
Details: www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/202...