Semyon Bychkov is in Paris at the moment conducting the Orchestre de Paris for the first time since 1998 for three performances on 22, 23 and 24 September featuring Mahler’s Second Symphony. In between rehearsals, he caught up with France Musique’s Les Grands Entretiens team to record a three hour interview with them which will be broadcast in five installments from Monday 27 September.
The first episode about how he came to be a conductor will be available here from 10.30pm CET.