News topics of the month - June 2014
Every month, soclassiq analyses the web media for you and identifies those who have made the news. Here are the results for June 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.
1200+ 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.
June 2014
Composers, Conductors, Performers & Lyrical singers (796)
Claudio Abbado John Abell Franz Abt Carlo Acton John Adams Thomas Adès David Aiken Pierre-Laurent Aimard Anne Akiko Meyers Roberto Alagna Louise Alder Thomas Allen Richard Allison Bernd Alois Zimmermann Joho Andres Benjamin Appl Irvine Arditti Anton Arensky Martha Argerich Malcolm Arnold Claudio Arrau Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga Algernon Ashton Louis Aubert Lovisa Augusti Emanuel Ax Kinan Azmeh Johann Christian Bach Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Johann Sebastian Bach Ernst Bacon Gunilla von Bahr Janet Baker Mily Balakirev Charles Balmer Samuel Barber Otis Bardwell Boise Daniel Barenboim John Barrett Cecilia Bartoli Rachel Barton Pine Béla Bartók Dimitri Bashkirov Kathleen Battle Marion Bauer Arnold Bax Amy Beach Thomas Beecham, 2nd Baronet Jack Beeson Ludwig van Beethoven Emma Bell Joshua Bell Vincenzo Bellini Sophie Belmont Georg Benda Franz Benda Victor Bendix Noah Bendix-Balgley Nicola Benedetti Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Antonio Peregrino Benelli Peter Benoit Esteban Benzecry Alban Berg Erna Berger Erik Bergman Hector Berlioz Lazar Berman Boris Berman Leonard Bernstein Walter Berry Yann Beuron Clemens Bieber Malcolm Bilson Harrison Birtwistle Jonathan Biss Georges Bizet David Bizic Astra Blair James A. Bland André Bloch Ernest Bloch Thomas Blunt Michał Bogdanowicz Anne Boleyn Julia Borchert Alexander Borodin Victor Bouchard Pierre Boulez Adrian Boult James Bowman Douglas Boyd Johannes Brahms Jan Brandts Buys Alfred Brendel Joseph Brent Christine Brewer Carter Brey Benjamin Britten Yefim Bronfman David Bruce Max Bruch Anton Bruckner Antoine Brumel Octavio Brunetti Gaetano Brunetti Dudley Buck Hans Buff-Giessen Mirosław Bukowski Susan Bullock Kenji Bunch William Burden Kevin Burdette Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos Karla Burns Willard, Jr. Burr James Burton Clara Butt Thomas Butts Dorothy Byrne Karl Böhm Martin Böttger Ferdinand Büchner Giulio Caccini John Cage Maria Callas André Caplet Cornelius Cardew Manuel Cardoso Elliott Carter Robert Carvor Pau Casals Ricardo Castro Charles Castronovo Francesco Cavalli Tamara Ceban Sergiu Celibidache Dom Bédos de Celles Pascal Charbonneau David Charles Abell Marc-Antoine Charpentier John Cheek Deborah Cheetham Fraillon John William Cherry John Chest Rachel Cheung Susan Chilcott Michael Ching Ye-Eun Choi Frédéric Chopin William Christie Kyung-wha Chung Myung-whun Chung Carlos Chávez Francesco Cilea Domenico Cimarosa Jeremiah Clarke Frederic Clay Muzio Clementi Van Cliburn André Cluytens Ben Connor Aaron Copland Chick Corea Arcangelo Corelli John Corigliano Stephen Costello François Couperin Henry Cowell Elizabeth Craven Maud Cuney Hare Christian Curnyn Diane Curry Emma Dahl Luigi Dallapiccola Joseph M. Daly Leopold Damrosch Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur David Daniels Franz Danzi Khori Dastoor Dennis Russell Davies Colin Davis Claude Debussy Franz-Paul Decker Michel Richard de Delalande Léo Delibes Frederick Delius Jeremy Denk Eleanor Dennis Helga Dernesch Paul Dessau Mariella Devia François Devienne Joyce DiDonato Charles Dibdin Arne Dich Glenn Dicterow Denis Diderot Goran Dime Simone Dinnerstein Tom Dobson Gaetano Donizetti Ruxandra Donose Julius Drake Charles Draper Alexandre Dubuque Tyler Duncan Samuel Dundas Sylvain Dupuis Francesco Durante Henri Dutilleux Charles Dutoit Antonín Dvořák Yegor Dyachkov Paul Dyer Monique Désy Proulx Florence Easton James Ehnes Susanne Ehrhardt Ludovico Einaudi Hanns Eisler Mark Elder Edward Elgar Philippe Entremont Tara Erraught Christoph Eschenbach Marjorie Eyre Bent Fabric Cornélie Falcon Manuel de Falla Carole Farley Eileen Farrell Gabriel Fauré Barbara Fei Eric Fenby Julia Fischer Edytha Fleischer Leon Fleisher Renée Fleming C. Roland Flick Georg Forster Lawrence Foster Florence Foster Jenkins John Foulds Luca Francesconi Hans Franzen Joan Fresco Girolamo Frescobaldi Pia Freund Carl Friedemann Wilhelm Friedemann Bach Kazuo Fukuda Dorothy Fuller Warwick Fyfe Giovanni Gabrieli James Galway Gerardo Gandini Mary Garden John Eliot Gardiner Edward Gardner Daniele Gatti Philippe Gaubert Nicolai Gedda Johann Georg Wenzel Dennerlein George Gershwin Kirill Gerstein Teodora Gheorghiu Angela Gheorghiu Alan Gilbert Patrick Gilmore Bronislav Gimpel Alberto Ginastera Mark Glanville Peggy Glanville-Hicks Philip Glass Christoph Willibald von Gluck Heiner Goebbels Mikhail Goldstein Osvaldo Golijov Richard Goode Glenn Gould Charles Gounod Andrew Gourlay Kathryn Grayson Maurice Greene Eleanor Greenwood Edvard Grieg Hélène Grimaud Eric Gross Charles Groves Franz Xaver Gruber Edita Gruberová Carlos Guastavino Francisco Guerrero Friedrich Gulda Peter Guth Hans Gál Hilary Hahn Bernard Haitink Charles Hallé Thomas Hampson George Frideric Handel W. C. Handy Max Hansen Katie Harman Nikolaus Harnoncourt Lianna Haroutounian Roy Harris Anja Harteros Thomas Hastings Joyce Hatto Joseph Haydn Valentina Hein Friedrich Heinrich Himmel Karl Helm Skitch Henderson Barbara Hendricks Michael Henkel Jane Henschel George Henschel Joni Henson Ben Heppner Sarah Hicks Jennifer Higdon Paul Hindemith Richard Hoffman Peter Holder Udo Holdorf Jennifer Holloway Richard Holm Eugene Holmes Gustav Holst Manfred Honeck Robert Hood Bowers Daniel Hope Lisa Hopkins Vladimir Horowitz Michael Houstoun Elgar Howarth Herbert Howells Robert A. Hudson Charles Huguenin Tobias Hume Johann Nepomuk Hummel Gottfried Huppertz William Marshall Hutchison Ricky Ian Gordon Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Jacques Imbrailo Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov Ramón Iriarte Pedro Iturralde Konstantin Ivanov Tamar Iveri Stuart Jackson René Jacobs Martin James Bartlett Janine Jansen Mariss Jansons Leoš Janáček Scott Allen Jarrett Aaron Jay Kernis Katherine Jenkins Karl Jenkins Paul Ji Eugen Jochum Graham Johnson André Jolivet Richard Jones Hyung-ki Joo Marie-Josèphe Jude Vladimir Jurowski Dmitri Kabalevsky Kiri Te Kanawa Clara-Jumi Kang Edouard Kann Jason Kao Hwang Herbert von Karajan Christiane Karg Heinz Karl Gruber Vesselina Kasarova Heinrich Kaspar Schmid Arnold Katz Jonas Kaufmann Leonidas Kavakos Simon Keenlyside Freddy Kempf Aram Khachaturian Dmitry Khvorostovsky Jon Kimura Parker Florence Kirk Evgeny Kissin Franz Knappe Oliver Knussen Sophie Koch Bolesław Kon Christoph Koncz Jianing Kong Erich Wolfgang Korngold Václav Kozel Michael Kraus Alfredo Kraus Clemens Krauss Gidon Kremer Ernst Krenek Heinz Kruse Theodore Kuchar Anton Kuerti Julian Kuerti Aline Kutan Bernard Labadie Louis Lacombe Joseph Lamb Lang Lang Ruth Laredo Jaime Laredo Tessa Lark Alicia de Larrocha Jean-Louis Lasalle Morten Lauridsen Antonio Lauro Elodie Lauten Mhairi Lawson Topi Lehtipuu Lei Lei Mitch Leigh James Levine György Ligeti Elsa Lila William Ling Rolf Lislevand Marquita Lister Linda Lister Franz Liszt George Lloyd Edson Lopes Felicity Lott Stéfan Louw Fabio Luisi Jean-Baptiste Lully Witold Lutosławski Benjamin Luxon Eleanor Lyons Dísella Lárusdóttir Ma Si Tsa Ma Yo-Yo Ma Lorin Maazel Malcolm MacDonald Jeanette MacDonald Joanna MacGregor Charles Mackerras Elizabeth Maconchy Njabulo Madlala Gustav Mahler Hugo Mallet Mallory Christopher Maltman Horace Mansion Sophia Maria Westenholz Joseph Maria Wolfram Neville Marriner John Marsh Giovanni Battista Martini Bohuslav Martinů Pietro Mascagni Jules Massenet Kurt Masur Herbert Matheson Sally Matthews Colin Matthews Karita Mattila Frederic Mayer Albrecht Mayer Audra McDonald Robert McFerrin Paul McMahon Sylvia McNair Dennis McNeil Zubin Mehta Rhys Meirion Will Meisel Leigh Melrose Felix Mendelssohn Yehudi Menuhin Saverio Mercadante Luis Mercy Benoît Mernier Chris Merritt Olivier Messiaen Giacomo Meyerbeer Louis Michiels Darius Milhaud Harrison Millard Yvonne Minton Mater Mirabilis Leona Mitchell Florian Mock Anna Moffo Thomas Mohr Marc Molomot Pierre Monteux Claudio Monteverdi Daniel Moody Karel Moor Thomas Moore Giacomo Moro Peter Mortimer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Yevgeny Mravinsky Kathryn Mueller Tristan Murail Tai Murray Riccardo Muti Anne-Sophie Mutter Dagmar Möller Kent Nagano Homer Nearing Anna Netrebko Václav Neumann Carl Nielsen Jessye Norman Yannick Nézet-Séguin Per Nørgård Kelley O'Connor William Christopher O'Hare Christopher O'Riley Siegfried Ochs Jacques Offenbach Craig Ogden Maurice Ohana Garrick Ohlsson David Oistrakh Alan Oke Rebeca Olvera Kristīne Opolais Sara Oppenheimer Lisette Oropesa George Alexander Osborne Andreas Ottensamer Ernst Ottensamer Anne Sofie von Otter Peter Oundjian Seiji Ozawa Ignacy Jan Paderewski Niccolò Paganini Steven Page Antonio Pappano Joanna Parisi Vittorio Parisi David Parry Hubert Parry Robyn Allegra Parton Gian Luca Pasolini Bernardo Pasquini Luciano Pavarotti Anthony Payne Peter Pears Zhang Pei Wilfrid Pelletier Arthur A. Penn Francesco Pennisi Itzhak Perlman David Pershall Mark Peskanov Frank Peter Zimmermann Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky Ottaviano Petrucci Jorge Peña Hen Sandrine Piau Astor Piazzolla John Pierce Pierre Pierlot Saimir Pirgu Jean-Marie Plum Deborah Polaski Michel Portal Francis Poulenc John Pritchard Anna Prohaska Sergei Prokofiev Francisca Prudencio Jacqueline du Pré Giacomo Puccini Henry Purcell Arvo Pärt Alejo Pérez Eve Queler Jean-Guihen Queyras Philippe Quint Misha Quint Henri Rabaud Sergei Rachmaninoff Nemanja Radulović Sondra Radvanovsky Brenda Rae Walter Raffeiner Jean-Philippe Rameau Ross Ramgobin Charles Ramirez Andrea von Ramm Melba Ramos Nell Rankin Simon Rattle Einojuhani Rautavaara Maurice Ravel Jean-Féry Rebel Max Reger Steve Reich Sally Johnston Reid Heinrich Reinhardt Lucienne Renaudin Vary James Rhodes Jane Rhodes Sviatoslav Richter Terry Riley Pierre Rode Miguel E. Rojas Hilding Rosenberg Scott Ross Salamone Rossi Gioachino Rossini Christopher Rouse Jacques Rouvier Daniel Rowland Kate Royal Arthur Rubinstein Julius Rudel Donald Runnicles Heinrich Rupp Natalie Rushdie John Rutter Leonie Rysanek Hans Sachs Camille Saint-Saëns Antonio Salieri Matti Salminen Esa-Pekka Salonen Lee Santana Gaspar Sanz C Sanz Erik Satie William Savage Jordi Savall Alessandro Scarlatti Domenico Scarlatti Michael Schade R. Murray Schafer Francis C. Schaffer Peter Schickele András Schiff Franz Schmidt Florent Schmitt Alfred Schnittke Arnold Schoenberg Henry Schoenfeld Franz Schubert Robert Schumann Ludvig Schytte Alexander Scriabin Otto Seele Ekaterina Semenchuk William Sewell William Shakespeare Rita Shane Anoushka Shankar Arthur Shepherd John Sheppard David Shipley John Shirley-Quirk Howard Shore Dmitri Shostakovich Jean Sibelius Beverly Sills Adam Silverman Stuart Skelton Bedřich Smetana Georg Solti John Philip Sousa Gérard Souzay Louis Spohr Michael Spyres Ilia Staple Andrew Staples Ethel Stark Tamara Stefanovich Horst Stein Arabella Steinbacher Max Steiner Isaac Stern Matthew Stiff Karlheinz Stockhausen Mark Stone Roy Spaulding Stoughton Alessandro Stradella Antonio Stradivari Teresa Stratas Richard Strauss Igor Stravinsky Arthur Sullivan Jonathan Summers Franz Supper Shin'ichi Suzuki Karel Svoboda Jubilant Sykes Sanford Sylvan George Szell Karol Szymanowski Richard T. Gill Robert Talbot Václav Talich Thomas Tallis Carl Tanner Wilhelm Taubert Alessandro Taverna Nikolai Tcherepnin Miguel Tello Bryden Thomson Virgil Thomson Leilei Tian Robin Ticciati Michael Tippett Vincenzo Tommasini Bion Tsang Richard Tucker Joaquín Turina Mark-Anthony Turnage Eva Turner Mitsuko Uchida Tomoharu Ushida James Valenti Fernando Valenti Carol Vaness Arie Vardi Ralph Vaughan Williams Lucia Veneziani Maria Venuti Giuseppe Verdi Paul Vidal Heitor Villa-Lobos Ivo Vinco Carl Vine Antonio Vivaldi Gustave Vogt Lars Vogt Giovanni Battista Volpe Osmo Vänskä John Francis Wade Richard Wagner Rufus Wainwright Benjamin Wallfisch Günter Wand Yuja Wang Huw Watkins André Watts Carl Maria von Weber Anton Webern Joseph Webster Beat Weibel Kurt Weill Judith Weir Sylvius Leopold Weiss Markus Werba Jeremy White Charles-Marie Widor Friedrich Wieck Mark Wigglesworth Alec Wilder Dora Wiley Justus Wilhelm Lyra Thomas Wilkins Eike Wilm Schulte Mortimer Wilson Lawrence Winters Lars Woldt Hugo Wolf Julia Wolfe Hugh Wolff Henry Wood Gordon Wry Gregorio Wu Pak Chiu Fflur Wyn Virginia Yep Nicholas Yonge Samuel Youn Sabrina Pena Young Isang Yun Mara Zampieri Benjamin Zander Francesco Zappa Chiara Zeffirelli Alexander von Zemlinsky Hans Zimmer Tabea Zimmermann Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann David Zinman Pinchas Zuckerman
Orchestras & Ensembles (74)
American Composers Orchestra Australian Chamber Orchestra Bang on a Can Berlin Philharmonic Berlin Sinfonietta Boston Symphony Orchestra Bristol Bach Choir Budapest Festival Orchestra Buenos Aires Philharmonic Orchestra Calidore String Quartet Canadian Opera Company (Toronto) Chamber Orchestra of Europe (London) Chicago Opera Theater Chicago Symphony Orchestra Cleveland Orchestra Concerts Colonne Danish National Symphony Orchestra Dubuque Symphony Orchestra Early Opera Company English National Opera (London) Exaudi Garsington Opera Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra I Musici Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra Klangforum Wien (Vienna) LaSalle Quartet Les Arts Florissants London Philharmonic Orchestra London Sinfonietta London Symphony Orchestra (Barbican Centre) Lyric Opera of Chicago Madison Opera Madison Symphony Orchestra Metropolitan Opera (New York City) Minnesota Orchestra (Minneapolis) Montreal Symphony Orchestra National Symphony Orchestra (Washington, D.C.) New World Symphony (Miami Beach) New York City Opera (Manhattan) New York Philharmonic Orchestra Northern Sinfonia Opera Australia (Sydney) Opera North Orchestra Mozart Orchestra of the Swan (Stratford-upon-Avon) Orchestre Métropolitain (Montreal) Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (New York City) Oslo Philharmonic Pacific Symphony (Santa Ana) Philadelphia Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Prague Philharmonia Pro Arte Quartet Quad City Symphony Orchestra Quartetto Italiano Regina Symphony Orchestra Royal Scottish National Orchestra San Diego Opera San Francisco Opera San Francisco Symphony Santa Fe Opera Seattle Symphony Syracuse Symphony Orchestra Talich Quartet The Hallé Tokyo Symphony Orchestra (Shinjuku) Toronto Symphony Orchestra Ulysses Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Vienna Chamber Orchestra (Konzerthaus) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra
Opera houses, Concert halls & Festivals (35)
Aldeburgh Festival BBC Proms (London) Bargemusic (New York City) Bayreuth Festival Bolshoi Theatre (Tverskoy District) Bowery Ballroom (Manhattan) Carnegie Hall (Manhattan) David Geffen Hall (Upper West Side) Earlville Opera House Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht Gewandhaus (Zentrum) Großes Festspielhaus (Salzburg) Haus für Mozart (Salzburg) Heinz Hall (Pittsburgh) Hollywood Bowl (Los Angeles) Knitting Factory (Manhattan) La Scala (Milan) Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (Manhattan) Mainly Mozart Festival (San Diego) Mariinsky Theatre (Saint Petersburg) Ojai Music Festival (California) Opéra-Comique (Paris) Ravinia Festival (Illinois) 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 Seoul Arts Center (Seocho-dong) Tanglewood (Lenox) Usher Hall (City of Edinburgh) Vienna State Opera house (Innere Stadt) Wigmore Hall (City of Westminster) Wisconsin Union Theater (Madison)