News topics of the month - January 2014
Every month, soclassiq analyses the web media for you and identifies those who have made the news. Here are the results for January 2014
These rankings can be very different from one country to another. Discover the ones the press is talking about elsewhere. Sometimes the areas of interest are very different.
Classical music and opera have no borders, but can be heard differently here and there.
An exclusive analysis based on the press articles and blog posts indexed by soclassiq.
1300+ articles & posts (EN)
Present artists
or recently dead
Orchestras
Venues
Composers
and dead performers
These rankings are not the result of personal preferences or artistic opinions. 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 are the best results to date. Further improvements to the algorithm may have an impact on the rankings.
January 2014
Composers, Conductors, Performers & Lyrical singers (904)
François -André Danican Philidor Roberto Abbado Claudio Abbado John Luther Adams John Adams Guido Adler Johann Adolf Hasse Thomas Adès Pierre-Laurent Aimard Isaac Albéniz Charles-Valentin Alkan Gregorio Allegri Thomas Allen Richard Allison Bernd Alois Zimmermann Marin Alsop Louis Andriessen Pierre André Bovey Leif Ove Andsnes Darrell Ang Lan Anh Anna Caterina Antonacci Irvine Arditti Martha Argerich Malcolm Arnold Pietro Aron Claudio Arrau Vladimir Ashkenazy Håkon Austbø Kerstin Avemo Emanuel Ax Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Johann Sebastian Bach Ernst Bacon Janet Baker Samuel Barber Daniel Barenboim Noelle Barker Carmen Barros Cecilia Bartoli Francesco Bartolomeo Conti Béla Bartók Giovanni Bassano William Bastard David Bates Mason Bates Lisa Batiashvili Kathleen Battle Friedrich August Baumbach John Beard Herbert Beattie Mary Anne à Beckett Piotr Beczała Steuart Bedford Ludwig van Beethoven Joshua Bell Vincenzo Bellini Rachid Ben Abdeslam Nicola Benedetti George Benjamin Alban Berg Erna Berger Luciano Berio Hector Berlioz Richard Bernstein Leonard Bernstein Walter Berry Sophie Bevan Heinrich Biber Harry Bicket Clemens Bieber Fabio Biondi Harrison Birtwistle Jonathan Biss Georges Bizet Brian Blade James A. Bland Rafał Blechacz Luigi Boccherini Andrew David Boden Samuel Boden Florian Boesch Christian Boesch Carl Bohm Klaas Boon Andrey Boreyko François Borne Alexander Borodin Ian Bostridge Leon Botstein Bonaventura Bottone Rebecca Bottone Pierre Boulez Adrian Boult James Bowman Sally Bradshaw Johannes Brahms Julian Bream Alfred Brendel Benjamin Britten Lucy Broadwood Adolph Brodsky Yefim Bronfman Salvador Brotons i Soler Max Bruch Anton Bruckner Peter Bruns Rudolf Buchbinder John Bull Susan Bullock Kenji Bunch Stanislav Bunin Revol Bunin William Burdine Blake, Sr. Max Burger Harry T. Burleigh Edward Burlingame Hill Karla Burns Keith Burstein James Burton Thomas Busby Ferruccio Busoni Clara Butt Peter Butterfield Semyon Bychkov William Byrd Sandford C. Faulkner Montserrat Caballé Donato Cabrera Gaetano Caffarelli John Cage Benjamin Cahn Rebecca Caine Maria Callas Sylvain Cambreling Filippo Campanella Henry Carey José Carreras Elliott Carter Luisa Casagemas Pau Casals Alfredo Casella Gaspar Cassadó Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco François-Alexis Cavaillé Aristide Cavaillé-Coll Francesco Cavalli Erin Caves Sergiu Celibidache Riccardo Chailly Feodor Chaliapin Frederic Chapin Marc-Antoine Charpentier Ernest Chausson John William Cherry John Chest Unsuk Chin Frédéric Chopin William Christie Harry Christophers Kyung-wha Chung Myung-whun Chung Jeremiah Clarke Joy Clements Stephen Cleobury Van Cliburn Anna Clyne William Cochran Sarah Connolly Alice Coote Aaron Copland William Corbett John Corigliano Alfred Cortot Louis Couperin François Couperin Jean Cox Henri-Jacques de Croes Lucy Crowe George Crumb Laurence Cummings William Hayman Cummings Carl Czerny Lorenzo da Da Ponte Marc-André Dalbavie Luigi Dallapiccola José van Dam Ran Dank Iestyn Davies Andrew Davis Lynne Dawson Claire Debono Claude Debussy Auguste Delacroix Léo Delibes Jeremy Denk Natalie Dessay Sabine Devieilhe Joyce DiDonato Clarence Dickinson Stephen Dickson Simone Dinnerstein Tom Dobson Abigail Dock Plácido Domingo Gaetano Donizetti Loren Driscoll Gustavo Dudamel Paul Dukas Ana Durlovski Pascal Dusapin Samuel Dushkin Charles Dutoit Antonín Dvořák Monique Désy Proulx Anton Eberl Christiane Eda-Pierre Julian Edwards Ludovico Einaudi Helmi Einer Alfred Einstein Paul Eisler Hanns Eisler Edward Elgar Christian Erbach Philip Ernst Christoph Eschenbach Arthur Espiritu Julio Estrada Marjorie Eyre Inez Fabbri Heinrich Faber Bent Fabric Franco Fagioli Gustav Falke Manuel de Falla Farinelli Eileen Farrell Gabriel Fauré Robert Fayrfax Jennifer Feinstein Morton Feldman Leonardo Ferrando Baldassare Ferri Flavio Ferri-Benedetti Daniel Ferro Janina Fialkowska Antonio Figueroa Gerald Finley Julia Fischer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Renée Fleming C. Roland Flick Ingrid Fliter Klaus Florian Vogt Juan Diego Flórez Julian Fontana Antoine Forqueray Lukas Foss Florence Foster Jenkins Jean Fournet Juan Francisco Gatell Simon Fraser Thomas Frederick Crane Isadore Freed Nelson Freire Girolamo Frescobaldi Oskar Fried Céline Frisch James Friskin Anett Fritsch Johannes Fritsch Johann Jakob Froberger Carl Frühling Mihoko Fujimura Dorothy Fuller Wilhelm Furtwängler John Gamble Mary Garden John Eliot Gardiner Edward Gardner Giuseppe Garibaldi David Garrett Philippe Gaubert Michael Gees Vivica Genaux Valery Gergiev Christian Gerhaher George Gershwin Kirill Gerstein Carlo Gesualdo Sean Ghazi Angela Gheorghiu Orlando Gibbons James Gilchrist Patrick Gilmore Alberto Ginastera Aurelio Giorni Carlo Maria Giulini Wallis Giunta Philip Glass Christoph Willibald von Gluck Christine Goerke Matthias Goerne Sembiin Gonchigsumlaa Mark Gotham Glenn Gould Charles Gounod Peter-Lukas Graf Filippo Gragnani Enrique Granados William Grant Still Denyce Graves Maurice Greene Edvard Grieg Franz Grill Maria Margherita Grimani Gérard Grisey Eric Gross Benjamin Grosvenor André Grétry Carlos Guastavino Nathan Gunn Jesús Guridi Bidaola Peter Guth Augustin Hadelich Ernst Haefliger Hilary Hahn Bernard Haitink Ann Hallenberg Charles Hallé Marc-André Hamelin Joan Hammond George Frideric Handel Vernon Handley W. C. Handy Barbara Hannigan David Hansen Max Hansen Kazuko Hara John Harbison Daniel Harding Roy Harris Jonathan Harvey Hans Leo Hassler Joseph Haydn Catherine Hayes Johann Caspar Heck Friedrich Heinrich Himmel Joseph Hellmesberger Skitch Henderson Henry Henry Somerset Angela Hewitt Ulrich Hielscher Paul Hindemith Louis Hirsch Ann Hobson Pilot E. T. A. Hoffmann Hendrik Hofmeyr Christopher Hogwood Lee Hoiby Peter Holder Heinz Holliger Eugene Holmes Gustav Holst Wolfgang Holzmair Robert Hood Bowers Daniel Hope Marilyn Horne Vladimir Horowitz Milan Horvat Stephen Hough Robert A. Hudson Ramón Humet Leo Hussain Bryan Hymel York Höller Karl Höller Jacques Ibert Bergliot Ibsen Ștefan Ignat Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Désiré-Émile Inghelbrecht Pat Irwin Kan Ishii Julius Isserlis Steven Isserlis Tamar Iveri Charles Ives G. J. R. Krishnan René Jacobs Martin James Bartlett Clément Janequin Janine Jansen Valentin Jar Philippe Jaroussky Katherine Jenkins Karl Jenkins Eugen Jochum Stephen Johns Suzanne Joly Philip Jones Richard Jones Marie-Josèphe Jude Vladimir Jurowski Paavo Järvi Neeme Järvi Dmitri Kabalevsky Kiri Te Kanawa Clara-Jumi Kang Herbert von Karajan Christiane Karg Atlan Karp Heinrich Kaspar Schmid Jonas Kaufmann Leonidas Kavakos Barbara Kemp Rudolf Kempe Wilhelm Kempff Johann Kaspar von Kerll Simone Kermes Jerome Kern Dmitry Khvorostovsky Wilhelm Killmayer Angelika Kirchschlager Florence Kirk Carlos Kleiber Otto Klemperer Hans Knappertsbusch Oliver Knussen Zoltán Kodály Jan Koetsier Koji Kondo Hidemaro Konoye Ton Koopman Patricia Kopatchinskaja Erich Wolfgang Korngold Viktor Kosenko Stephen Kovacevich Sigiswald Kuijken Ramana Kumar Jochen Kupfer Mariusz Kwiecień Franz Lachner Carles Lama Joseph Lamb Wanda Landowska David Lang Lang Lang Tessa Lark Lars-Erik Larsson Angelo Francesco Lavagnino Mhairi Lawson François Lays Alexander Lazarev Jean-Marie Leclair Reinbert de Leeuw Jean-Xavier Lefèvre Michel Legrand Lotte Lehmann Mitch Leigh Gustav Leonhardt Mimi Lerner Robert Levin James Levine Ernst Levy Kathryn Lewek Richard Lewis György Ligeti Dong-Hyek Lim Louise Lincoln Kerr Jaap ter Linden William Ling Gavriel Lipkind Valentina Lisitsa Dmitry Liss Franz Liszt Tasmin Little Andrew Litton George Lloyd Andrew Lloyd Webber Carl Loewe Yvonne Loriod Thomas Lowe Jean-Baptiste Lully Yo-Yo Ma James MacMillan Alexander Mackenzie Mary Mackenzie Charles Mackerras Neil Mackie Gustav Mahler Yury Malinin Gian Francesco Malipiero Michael Mann Charles Manners Horace Mansion Jonathan Manson Anne Manson Marin Marais Louis Marchand Andrea Marcon Joseph Maria Wolfram John Mark Ainsley Johannes Martin Kränzle Malcolm Martineau Jean Martinon Bohuslav Martinů Georges Marty Pietro Mascagni Florentio Maschera Juan Bautista Massa Jules Massenet Peter Mattei Stanislao Mattei Carl Ludwig Matthes Colin Matthews Elena Maximova Donald Maxwell William McAlpine Justin Michael McKay Anne McKnight Nikolai Medtner Bejun Mehta Zubin Mehta Waltraud Meier Nellie Melba F. Melius Christiansen Felix Mendelssohn Willem Mengelberg Gian Carlo Menotti Yehudi Menuhin Luis Mercy Olivier Messiaen Ingo Metzmacher Paul Meyer Giacomo Meyerbeer Louis Michiels Darius Milhaud Karl Mille Nathan Milstein Riccardo Minasi Marc Minkowski Leona Mitchell Dimitri Mitropoulos Federico Mompou Meredith Monk Diana Montague Pierre Monteux Claudio Monteverdi Karel Moor Gerald Moore Thomas Moore Stephen Mould John Moulds Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Yevgeny Mravinsky Nico Muhly John Murphy Anne-Sophie Mutter Kent Nagano Rebecca Nelsen Andris Nelsons Anna Netrebko Carl Nielsen Danielle de Niese Luigi Nono Arto Noras Roger Norrington Frederic Norton Geoffrey O'Hara Johannes Ockeghem David Oistrakh O Vos Omnes Kristīne Opolais Sakari Oramo Carl Orff Luther Orlando Emerson Eugene Ormandy Rafael Orozco Andrés Orozco-Estrada George Alexander Osborne Eiji Oue Charles Overton Eric Owens Seiji Ozawa Enrico Pace Johann Pachelbel Niccolò Paganini Emmanuel Pahud Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Felicity Palmer Johann Gottfried Wilhelm Palschau Jorma Panula Giovanni Paolo Cima Antonio Pappano Iakovos Pappas Paul Paray Ian Parker Hubert Parry Roberto Paternostro Iain Paterson Frank Patterson Luciano Pavarotti Caroline Peach James Peck Laurent Pelly Francesco Pennisi Murray Perahia Thomas Pereira Giovanni Battista Pergolesi Jacopo Peri Itzhak Perlman Miah Persson Roberta Peters Vasily Petrenko Kirill Petrenko Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky Peter Philips Astor Piazzolla Tobias Picker Adrianne Pieczonka Gabriel Pierné Maria João Pires Luca Pisaroni Walter Piston Ildebrando Pizzetti Mikhail Pletnev Rachel Podger Deborah Polaski Matthew Polenzani Lew Pollack Maurizio Pollini Rosa Ponselle Marina Poplavskaya Dmytro Popov Gavriil Popov Nicola Porpora Francis Poulenc Michael Praetorius Menahem Pressler André Previn Leontyne Price Margaret Price Gerrit Priessnitz Sonia Prina Anna Prohaska Sergei Prokofiev Jacqueline du Pré Christoph Prégardien Giacomo Puccini Loïsa Puget Henry Purcell Christopher Purves Arvo Pärt Jenny Q. Chai Jean-Guihen Queyras Gino Quilico Michael Rabin Patricia Racette Sergei Rachmaninoff L. Radley Flynn Sondra Radvanovsky Jean-Philippe Rameau Samuel Ramey Suzanne Ramon Jean-Pierre Rampal Ari Rasilainen Simon Rattle Maurice Ravel Max Reger Johannes Regis Steve Reich Anton Reicha Johann Friedrich Reichardt Heinrich Reinhardt Lucienne Renaudin Vary Ottorino Respighi Rolf Reuter Silvestre Revueltas Jane Rhodes Katia Ricciarelli Sviatoslav Richter Kenneth Riegel Ferdinand Ries Vittorio Rieti Wolfgang Rihm Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov David Roach Leif Roar Alfred George Robyn George Rochberg Jean-Baptiste Rochefort Betty Roe Hermann Rohrbach Jean Rondeau Liisa Rope Charles Rosen Hilding Rosenberg Scott Ross Gioachino Rossini Daniel Roth Anthony Roth Costanzo Albert Roussel Arthur Rubinstein Donald Runnicles Abolhasan Saba Hans Sachs Camille Saint-Saëns Damiano Salerno Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg Nadezhda Salina Thomas Salmon Carol Sams Salvatore Santa Maria Nello Santi Carles Santos Pablo de Sarasate Erik Satie William Savage Jordi Savall Domenico Scarlatti Johann Baptist Schenk András Schiff Emanuel Schikaneder Florent Schmitt Johann Schobert Arnold Schoenberg Franz Schreker Hermann Schroeder Erwin Schrott Friedrich Schröder Franz Schubert Robert Schumann Michaela Schuster Joseph Schuster Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Wolfgang von Schwind Renata Scotto Alexander Scriabin Mike Seal Carl Seemann Anton Seidl Senesino Tullio Serafin Claudin de Sermisy Raphael Severe Edmund Severn William Sewell Rinat Shaham William Shakespeare Arthur Shepherd William Shimell Dmitri Shostakovich Jean Sibelius Dmitry Sitkovetsky Camillo Sivori Stuart Skelton Leonard Slatkin Bedřich Smetana Tugan Sokhiev Georg Solti Ignat Solzhenitsyn Stephen Sondheim Willard Spenser Frederica von Stade John Stanley Nina Stemme Joseph Stephenson Isaac Stern Risë Stevens John Stevenson Matthew Stiff Karlheinz Stockhausen Eric Stokes Leopold Stokowski Nancy Storace Kemble Stout Alessandro Stradella Antonio Stradivari Josef Strauss Richard Strauss Johann Strauss II Igor Stravinsky Arthur Sullivan Frank Sumner Dodge Yevgeny Svetlanov Hans Swarowsky Karol Szymanowski Richard T. Gill Tōru Takemitsu Thomas Tallis Antoine Tamestit John Tavener Georg Philipp Telemann Flavio Testi Christian Tetzlaff Torleif Thedéen Mikis Theodorakis Iréne Theorin Jean-Yves Thibaudet Christian Thielemann Virgil Thomson Penelope Thorn Dimitris Tiliakos Michael Tilson Thomas Thomas Tomkins Vincenzo Tommasini Michael Torke Paul Tortelier Arturo Toscanini Francesco Paolo Tosti Marcel Tournier Tommaso Traetta Anthony Trionfo John Scott Trotter Thomas Trotter Nobuyuki Tsujii Richard Tucker Jules Turgan Milan Turković Mark-Anthony Turnage Eva Turner Christopher Tye Francisco Tárrega Mitsuko Uchida Viktor Ullmann Fernando Valenti Vanessa Vanessa-Mae Ralph Vaughan Williams Aleksandr Vedernikov Giuseppe Verdi John Verrall Jon Vickers Nada Vidmar Louis Vierne Josep Teodor Vilar F Vilar Heitor Villa-Lobos Georges Villain Rolando Villazón Dominique Visse Antonio Vivaldi Gustave Vogt Ilan Volkov Bogdan Volkov Arcadi Volodos Giovanni Battista Volpe Edo de Waart John Francis Wade Richard Wagner Rufus Wainwright Louis Wallis Bruno Walter Erich Walter Sternberg William Walton Günter Wand Robert Ward Carl Maria von Weber Anton Webern Matthias Weckmann Kurt Weill Mieczysław Weinberg Judith Weir Sylvius Leopold Weiss Eva-Maria Westbroek James Westman R. P. Weston Charles-Marie Widor Mark Wigglesworth Dora Wiley Thomas Wilkins John Williams John Wilson Lawrence Winters Pieter Wispelwey Herman Wohl Andreas Wolf Hugo Wolf Julia Wolfe Gordon Wry Charles Wuorinen Iannis Xenakis Zhu Xiao-Mei Virginia Yep Samuel Youn Sabrina Pena Young Isang Yun Lawrence Zazzo Chiara Zeffirelli Alexander von Zemlinsky Lev Zhurbin Alexander Zhurbin Hans Zimmer Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann Tabea Zimmermann Nikolaj Znaider John Zorn Robert Zuidam Pinchas Zukerman Rosmunda a Rosmunda Pisaroni Elza van den Heever Abraham van den Kerckhoven Josquin des Prez Alondra de la Parra
Orchestras & Ensembles (82)
Academy of Ancient Music Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin Allegri Quartet American Symphony Orchestra Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (Fulton County) BBC National Orchestra of Wales BBC Singers BBC Symphony Orchestra (London) Berlin Philharmonic Berlin Staatskapelle Boston Symphony Orchestra Britten Sinfonia Buenos Aires Philharmonic Orchestra CBSO Youth Orchestra Canadian Opera Company (Toronto) Chicago Symphony Orchestra City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Cleveland Orchestra Concerto Amsterdam Detroit Symphony Orchestra English National Opera (London) Ensemble Clément Janequin Ensemble InterContemporain (Paris) Eroica Trio Europa Galante Franui (Innervillgraten) German Symphony Orchestra Guarneri Quartet Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra Hilliard Ensemble Houston Symphony JACK Quartet Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Kronos Quartet Les Ambassadeurs Les Boréades de Montréal Les Paladins Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra London Baroque London Classical Players London Philharmonic Orchestra London Sinfonietta London Symphony Orchestra (Barbican Centre) Lyric Opera of Chicago Madison Opera Madison Symphony Orchestra Mahler Chamber Orchestra Metropolitan Opera (New York City) Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Minnesota Orchestra (Minneapolis) Nash Ensemble National Symphony Orchestra (Washington, D.C.) New World Symphony (Miami Beach) New York City Opera (Manhattan) New York Philharmonic Orchestra Nexus Norwegian Radio Orchestra Opera Australia (Sydney) Opera Lafayette Opera North Orchestra Mozart Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris Pacific Symphony (Santa Ana) Philadelphia Orchestra Philip Jones Brass Ensemble Prague Symphony Orchestra Pro Arte Quartet Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Royal Liverpool Philharmonic San Francisco Opera San Francisco Symphony Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra (Toronto) Tokyo Symphony Orchestra (Shinjuku) Toronto Symphony Orchestra Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Venice Baroque Orchestra Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne Welsh National Opera (Cardiff) West–Eastern Divan Orchestra Wichita Symphony Orchestra Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra
Opera houses, Concert halls & Festivals (34)
Alhambra (Genève-Cité) Arsenal de Metz BBC Proms (London) Bargemusic (New York City) Bayreuth Festival Bolshoi Theatre (Tverskoy District) Bowery Ballroom (Manhattan) Buxton Festival Carnegie Hall (Manhattan) Concertgebouw (Amsterdam) David Geffen Hall (Upper West Side) Deutsche Oper Berlin (Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf) Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht La Scala (Milan) Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (Manhattan) Lucerne Festival Mariinsky Theatre (Saint Petersburg) Notre-Dame de Paris (Quartier Notre-Dame) Opéra Bastille (Quartier des Quinze-Vingts) Queen Elizabeth Hall (London Borough of Lambeth) Roy Thomson Hall (Toronto) Royal Albert Hall (City of Westminster) Royal Festival Hall (London Borough of Lambeth) Royal Opera House (City of Westminster) Salle Pleyel (8th arrondissement of Paris) Salzburg Festival Schubertiade (Schwarzenberg) Snape Maltings Teatro Real (Palacio) Vienna State Opera house (Innere Stadt) Vienna Volksoper Wigmore Hall (City of Westminster) Wisconsin Union Theater (Madison) Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste du Faubourg (Aix-en-Provence)