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2015 web medias retrospective
Who are the 10 artists, composers and performers most present in the web media in 2015, in the press and blogs combined? Which orchestras and venues have received the most media exposure? And the others, those who also count on the classical music stage, even if they are perhaps less mentioned?
What are the best advances compared to 2014, including perhaps the great talents to come? What are these rising performers, those who are progressing year after year?
Here are those who have made the news in classical music and opera in 2015, the most cited in articles and posts, the most popular in the writings of those who listen and review the new releases, attend performances, interview the performers, make us rediscover a little-known work, retrace a venue's history or share a composer's biography. Behind these rankings are current and future trends.
The 50 most popular alive performers and composers
including artists dead this year (2015)
# | Artists | 2015 | 2015/14 | ||
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1. | Simon Rattle | | + 3 | ||
2. | Andris Nelsons | | + 3 | ||
3. | Pierre Boulez | | + 10 | ||
4. | Daniel Barenboim | | - 3 | ||
5. | Valery Gergiev | | + 5 | ||
6. | James Levine | | + 1 | ||
7. | Jonas Kaufmann | | - 4 | ||
8. | Anna Netrebko | | - 6 | ||
9. | Gustavo Dudamel | | + 5 | ||
10. | Julia Fischer | | + 2 |
# | Artists | 2015 | 2015/14 | ||
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11. | Kirill Petrenko | | + 48 | ||
Gunther Schuller | | ||||
Joyce DiDonato | | - 7 | |||
Martha Argerich | | - 6 | |||
Riccardo Muti | | - 6 | |||
Riccardo Chailly | | + 12 | |||
Valentina Lisitsa | | + 22 | |||
Daniil Trifonov | | + 54 | |||
Esa-Pekka Salonen | | + 3 | |||
Marin Alsop | |
# | Artists | 2015 | 2015/14 | ||
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21. | Renée Fleming | | - 5 | ||
Antonio Pappano | | + 23 | |||
Arvo Pärt | | + 19 | |||
Christian Thielemann | | + 26 | |||
Yannick Nézet-Séguin | | + 75 | |||
Steve Reich | | - 5 | |||
Anne Sofie von Otter | | ||||
Angela Gheorghiu | | - 17 | |||
Bernard Haitink | | - 11 | |||
Michael Tilson Thomas | | - 15 |
# | Artists | 2015 | 2015/14 | ||
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31. | Itzhak Perlman | | + 3 | ||
John Eliot Gardiner | | - 8 | |||
Kurt Masur | | ||||
András Schiff | | ||||
Charles Dutoit | | ||||
Zubin Mehta | | - 13 | |||
Kent Nagano | | + 6 | |||
Marc-André Hamelin | | + 29 | |||
Jordi Savall | | + 19 | |||
Lang Lang | | + 17 |
# | Artists | 2015 | 2015/14 | ||
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41. | Yo-Yo Ma | | |||
James MacMillan | | ||||
Anne-Sophie Mutter | | - 12 | |||
Ian Bostridge | | ||||
John Harbison | | - 20 | |||
Seiji Ozawa | | + 55 | |||
Bryn Terfel | | - 14 | |||
Leif Ove Andsnes | | ||||
Philip Glass | | - 20 | |||
Sakari Oramo | | + 14 |
Variations are appreciated regarding the previous year.
The 50 most popular composers and performers
For the greatest composers and performers below, major variations can be due to special commemorations (centenaries...). [+]
# | Artists | 2015 | 2015/14 | ||
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1. | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | | + 2 | ||
2. | Ludwig van Beethoven | | - 1 | ||
3. | Johann Sebastian Bach | | - 1 | ||
4. | Gustav Mahler | | |||
5. | Johannes Brahms | | |||
6. | Franz Schubert | | |||
7. | Joseph Haydn | | |||
8. | Richard Wagner | | |||
9. | Robert Schumann | | |||
10. | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | | + 5 |
# | Artists | 2015 | 2015/14 | ||
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11. | George Frideric Handel | | - 1 | ||
Frédéric Chopin | | - 1 | |||
Dmitri Shostakovich | | + 4 | |||
Maurice Ravel | | + 5 | |||
Claude Debussy | | + 3 | |||
Giuseppe Verdi | | - 4 | |||
Sergei Rachmaninoff | | - 3 | |||
Leonard Bernstein | | + 2 | |||
Igor Stravinsky | | + 4 | |||
Jean Sibelius | | + 11 |
# | Artists | 2015 | 2015/14 | ||
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21. | Felix Mendelssohn | | - 5 | ||
Arnold Schoenberg | | + 13 | |||
Benjamin Britten | | - 10 | |||
Pierre Boulez | | + 25 | |||
Giacomo Puccini | | + 3 | |||
Sergei Prokofiev | | + 4 | |||
Franz Liszt | | - 6 | |||
Edward Elgar | | - 2 | |||
Florent Schmitt | | - 7 | |||
Samuel Barber | | + 3 |
# | Artists | 2015 | 2015/14 | ||
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31. | Alban Berg | | + 17 | ||
William Shakespeare | | + 14 | |||
Aaron Copland | | + 3 | |||
Antonio Vivaldi | | - 9 | |||
Gioachino Rossini | | - 8 | |||
Anton Bruckner | | + 9 | |||
Carl Nielsen | | + 19 | |||
James Levine | | + 3 | |||
George Gershwin | | + 1 | |||
Claudio Monteverdi | | + 31 |
# | Artists | 2015 | 2015/14 | ||
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41. | Olivier Messiaen | | - 2 | ||
Béla Bartók | | + 19 | |||
Ralph Vaughan Williams | | - 14 | |||
Glenn Gould | | + 6 | |||
Herbert von Karajan | | - 13 | |||
Hector Berlioz | | - 2 | |||
Camille Saint-Saëns | | - 5 | |||
Richard Strauss | | - 14 | |||
Claudio Abbado | | - 25 | |||
Charles Ives | | + 18 |
An exclusive analysis based on the press articles and blog posts indexed by soclassiq.
2011 . . . 2015
78000+ articles & posts (EN)
The 30 most popular orchestras and ensembles
including opera companies
# | Orchestras | 2015 | 2015/14 | |
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1. | Metropolitan Opera | | ||
2. | Berlin Philharmonic | | + 2 | |
3. | New York Philharmonic Orchestra | | + 2 | |
4. | London Symphony Orchestra | | + 2 | |
5. | Madison Symphony Orchestra | | - 2 | |
6. | Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra | | + 1 | |
7. | Philadelphia Orchestra | | + 17 | |
8. | San Francisco Symphony | | + 2 | |
9. | Montreal Symphony Orchestra | | + 9 | |
10. | Tokyo Symphony Orchestra | | + 3 |
# | Orchestras | 2015 | 2015/14 | |
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11. | Cleveland Orchestra | | + 1 | |
Boston Symphony Orchestra | | + 11 | ||
English National Opera | | + 14 | ||
San Francisco Opera | | + 2 | ||
London Philharmonic Orchestra | | + 2 | ||
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra | | + 3 | ||
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | | + 8 | ||
Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra | | - 7 | ||
Chicago Symphony Orchestra | | - 5 | ||
Madison Opera | | - 12 |
# | Orchestras | 2015 | 2015/14 | |
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21. | Lyric Opera of Chicago | | + 11 | |
Nashville Symphony | | |||
Minnesota Orchestra | | - 8 | ||
BBC Symphony Orchestra | | + 11 | ||
Philharmonia Orchestra | | - 3 | ||
Toronto Symphony Orchestra | | + 3 | ||
Pro Arte Quartet | | - 18 | ||
National Symphony Orchestra | | + 14 | ||
Seattle Symphony | | + 10 | ||
Detroit Symphony Orchestra | | + 1 |
The 30 most popular venues
# | Venues | 2015 | 2015/14 | ||
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1. | BBC Proms (London) | Festival | | ||
2. | Royal Albert Hall (City of Westminster) | Concert hall | | + 3 | |
3. | Carnegie Hall (Manhattan) | Concert hall | | - 1 | |
4. | Vienna State Opera house (Innere Stadt) | Opera house | | ||
5. | Wigmore Hall (City of Westminster) | Concert hall | | + 2 | |
6. | La Scala (Milan) | Opera house | | ||
7. | Tanglewood (Lenox) | Festival | | + 8 | |
8. | Bayreuth Festival | Festival | | ||
9. | Royal Opera House (City of Westminster) | Opera house | | ||
10. | Concertgebouw (Amsterdam) | Concert hall | | - 7 |
# | Venues | 2015 | 2015/14 | ||
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11. | Royal Festival Hall (London Borough of Lambeth) | Concert hall | | + 2 | |
Jordan Hall (Boston) | Concert hall | | + 14 | ||
Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht | Festival | | - 3 | ||
David Geffen Hall (Upper West Side) | Concert hall | | - 2 | ||
Bolshoi Theatre (Tverskoy District) | Opera house | | + 5 | ||
Lucerne Festival | Festival | | |||
Mariinsky Theatre (Saint Petersburg) | Opera house | | |||
Gewandhaus (Zentrum) | Concert hall | | - 4 | ||
Salzburg Festival | Festival | | - 1 | ||
Deutsche Oper Berlin (Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf) | Opera house | | + 2 |
# | Venues | 2015 | 2015/14 | ||
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21. | Wisconsin Union Theater (Madison) | Concert hall | | - 10 | |
Walt Disney Concert Hall (Los Angeles) | Concert hall | | + 12 | ||
Edinburgh International Festival (City of Edinburgh) | Festival | | |||
Roy Thomson Hall (Toronto) | Concert hall | | + 1 | ||
Salle Pleyel (8th arrondissement of Paris) | Concert hall | | - 6 | ||
Symphony Center (Chicago) | Concert hall | | + 19 | ||
Tanglewood Music Center (Lenox) | Festival | | + 32 | ||
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts (Toronto) | Opera house | | + 13 | ||
Musikverein (Innere Stadt) | Concert hall | | |||
Queen Elizabeth Hall (London Borough of Lambeth) | Concert hall | | - 6 |
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Providing these rankings is hard work. Many hours were required to design and develop an approach based exclusively on a textual analysis of the indexed articles and adapted to the classical music and opera context. These rankings are not the result of personal preferences or artistic opinions.
These are the best results to date. Further improvements to the algorithm may have an impact on the rankings.
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