On Wednesday 4 September, Semyon Bychkov conducts the opening of the Czech Philharmonic’s 2019-20 season marking the start of his second year as their Chief Conductor and Music Director. Broadcast live on Czech TV, the concert features music by Smetana, Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich. Less than a week later, Bychkov and...

The Tchaikovsky Project boxset from Decca Classics is now available to pre-order. The seven-volume edition – officially released on 30 August – features all of the composer’s symphonies, the three piano concertos with Kirill Gerstein, Romeo & Juliet, Serenade for Strings and Francesca da Rimini:

Over the summer months, Semyon Bychkov will return to the Royal Concertgebouw in June and the Bayreuth Festival in July. On 19-20 June, he conducts the Concertgebouw in Glanert’s Weites Land, Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in D and three movements from Smetana’s Má vlast. From 30 July, he leads the Bayreuth...

The beginning of May sees Semyon Bychkov present his second programme with the New York Philharmonic performing works by Bruch and Strauss from 2-4 May and joined by Katia and Marielle Labèque as soloists. A week later, he returns to The Cleveland Orchestra to conducts three movements from Smetana’s Má...