Semyon Bychkov on preparing for, and delivering, live performance.

'What is this music that we love so deeply if not our beloved friend? I’ve loved Tchaikovsky’s music ever since I can remember. Like all first loves this one never died' - Semyon Bychkov

Listen to the Philharmonious podcast featuring our Chief Conductor Semyon Bychkov: bit.ly/4-Bychkov

He reminisces about the first time he heard Mahler’s music as a young boy. Additionally, he reflects on the uniqueness of the Czech Philharmonic and his own influences.

'Art is there to evoke a state or feeling in us. And that's what Shostakovich managed to do, to find sounds and tones that evoke in us an unwavering feeling that we know what it's about,' says Chief Conductor Semyon Bychkov.

At the beginning of May 2004, the Czech Republic joined the European Union. We will celebrate the twentieth anniversary of this event with a performance featuring the piece from which the European Union has borrowed its anthem – Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony: bit.ly/SB-ČF

The Czech Philharmonic celebrates the Czech Republic joining the European Union 10 years ago by performing the composition from which the EU has borrowed its anthem - Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in D minor.
Prague, May 1 - 3.

'Má Vast is truly Czech, but not just about the Czechs. We all have rivers and lakes, legends and folklore. Má Vlast is about all of us and all of our homelands: a universal piece, with a Czech accent' - Semyon Bychkov

Tonight's performance with the Czech Philharmonic in Prague will be broadcast live by Český rozhlas Vltava.

📻 Details here ⬇️

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Extraordinaria interpretación, a cargo del pianista Kirill Gerstein, de uno de los más exquisitos conciertos en la Rusia del XX, el «Segundo» de Sergei #Rachmaninov . Le acompañan Gewandhausorchester y Semyon Bychkov.
Disfrútalo hoy: 14:45 🇦🇷🇺🇾 | 13:45 🇧🇴🇨🇱🇵🇾 | 12:45 🇨🇴🇪🇨.

'Art is there to evoke a state or a feeling. And that's what Shostakovich managed to do, to find sounds and tones that evoke in us an unwavering feeling that we know what it's about” - Semyon Bychkov on Shostakovich.

Semyon Bychkov relives his first encounter with Mahler's music in Leningrad, in the latest edition of the Czech Philharmonic's Philharmonius Podcast.

📻 Listen here 👇
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'Right from the opening bardic harp, it’s clear that we’re in safe hands, and that a great story is about to unfold. This is a magisterial, spacious account in which the orchestral balance is beautifully judged' - Limelight gives Má Vlast 5⭐ and makes it the editor's choice.

Carnegie Hall, Nathalie Stutzmann, and The Seven Deadly Sins. From now on, we don't have to keep anything from you! 💙
Introducing the 129th season of the Czech Philharmonic and the 130th season of the Czech Chamber Music Society. Check it out here: bit.ly/SubscriptionSe…

Check out our website, or head to the Rudolfinum box office; we've launched pre-sales for the new season: bit.ly/SubscriptionSe….
In the first phase you can buy subscriptions and individual tickets for non-subscription concerts and educational programmes.

A moment captured in rehearsal in Prague last week.

★★★★★ Semyon Bychkov embraces his inner Czech with a magisterial national masterpiece from Czech Philharmonic.
limelight-arts.com.au/reviews/smetan…

Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60 “Leningrad” (73′).

A series of three concerts at the Rudolfinum in Prague, April 24 - 26.

'I know I speak for the whole orchestra when I say that he will be much missed on both a musical and human level. We are deeply grateful for what we have already achieved together and we're sure there is much more to come in the coming 4 years' - Czech Philharmonic CEO David Mareček.

Extraordinaria interpretación, a cargo del pianista Kirill Gerstein, de uno de los más exquisitos conciertos en la Rusia del XX, el «Segundo» de Sergei #Rachmaninov . Le acompañan Gewandhausorchester y Semyon Bychkov.
Disfrútalo hoy: 17:15 🇦🇷🇺🇾 | 16:15 🇧🇴🇨🇱🇵🇾 | 15:15 🇨🇴🇪🇨.