News topics of the month - July 2014
Every month, soclassiq analyses the web media for you and identifies those who have made the news. Here are the results for July 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.
July 2014
Composers, Conductors, Performers & Lyrical singers (871)
Claudio Abbado Muhal Richard Abrams Gabriel J. Ackerman Paul d' Acosta Satsuki Adachi John Luther Adams John Adams Guido Adler Theodor W. Adorno Anne Akiko Meyers Roberto Alagna John Alden Carpenter Louise Alder Thomas Allen Richard Allison Till Ally Mats Almgren Bernd Alois Zimmermann William Alwyn Karl Amadeus Hartmann Pasquale Amato Zurab Andjaparidze Mário de Andrade Joho Andres Tomaso Antonio Vitali Boris Arapov Frederic Archer Martha Argerich Irina Arkhipova Pietro Aron Martina Arroyo Stefan Asbury David Atherton Richard Ayres Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Johann Sebastian Bach Ernst Bacon Angelo Badalamenti Jenny Bae Alison Balsom Johann Baptist Schenk Samuel Barber Daniel Barenboim John Barrett Fleur Barron Béla Bartók Yury Bashmet William Bastard Lisa Batiashvili Marion Bauer Daniel Bayley Clive Bayley Liza Beamish Piotr Beczała Ludwig van Beethoven Joshua Bell Vincenzo Bellini Nicola Benedetti Arthur Benjamin Angelo Berardi Alban Berg Carlo Bergonzi Oscar Bergström Hector Berlioz Leonard Bernstein Walter Berry Ferdinand Beyer Susan Bickley Clemens Bieber Bertrand de Billy Hildegard of Bingen Seth Bingham Harrison Birtwistle Lee Bisset Georges Bizet Helena Blagne Julian Bliss Stephanie Blythe Luigi Boccherini Andrea Bocelli Richard Bonynge Alexander Borodin Ian Bostridge Leon Botstein Victor Bouchard Pierre Boulez Richard Bourne Paul Bowles James Bowman Ian Boyer Orla Boylan Ethel A. Brady Johannes Brahms Michelle Breedt Gábor Bretz Christine Brewer Frank Bridge Sarah Brightman Benjamin Britten Adolph Brodsky Arthur Brooke Boris Brovtsyn Lawrence Brownlee Max Bruch Anton Bruckner Alberto Bruni Tedeschi Dudley Buck Olivia Buckley Christoph Buel Susan Bullock Kenji Bunch William Burden Mark Burnham Karla Burns James Burton Fritz Busch Ferruccio Busoni Clara Butt George Butterworth Thomas Butts Semyon Bychkov William Byrd Dorothy Byrne Jiří Bělohlávek Montserrat Caballé John Cage Rebecca Caine Maria Callas Joseph Calleja Henry Carey Jeremy Carpenter Eleazar Genet de Carpentras José Carreras Harry Carroll Pau Casals Elvira Casazza Massimo Cavalletti Francesco Cavalli Sergiu Celibidache Ignacio Cervantes Emmanuel Chabrier Feodor Chaliapin Thomas Hardie Chalmers Pascal Charbonneau Geoffrey Chard Marc-Antoine Charpentier John Cheek Qigang Chen Vladimir Chernov John William Cherry Luigi Cherubini John Chest Stephanie Childress Henry Choo Frédéric Chopin William Christie Jeremiah Clarke Joy Clements Van Cliburn Gordon Clinton Anna Clyne Andrea Coen Dan Coleman Michael Collins Nicholas Collon Larry Combs Sarah Connolly Ben Connor Alice Coote Aaron Copland Alessandro Corbelli Roque Cordero Arcangelo Corelli John Corigliano Stephen Costello François Couperin Michèle Crider George Crumb César Cui Mary Curtis Verna Leopold Damrosch Richard Danielpour William Henry Westray Darley Lionel Daunais Uriah Davenport Ilana Davidson Peter Maxwell Davies Andrew Davis Lynne Dawson Claude Debussy Siegfried Wilhelm Dehn Léo Delibes Frederick Delius Joyce DiDonato David Diamond Glenn Dicterow Peter Dijkstra Goran Dime Dean Dixon Diana Doherty Plácido Domingo Gaetano Donizetti John Dowland Grant Doyle Julius Drake George Dreyfus Gustavo Dudamel Henri Duparc Josep Duran i Pejoán Grace Durham Maurice Duruflé Denise Duval Antonín Dvořák Yegor Dyachkov Spencer Dyke Osborne Edmundson Wilhelm Ehlers Ludovico Einaudi Alfred Einstein Mark Elder Edward Elgar Heino Eller George Enescu Tara Erraught Christoph Eschenbach Marjorie Eyre Heinrich Faber Bent Fabric Mohammed Fairouz Luiz-Ottavio Faria Richard Farnes Gabriel Fauré Isabelle Faust Morton Feldman Gerald Finley Gerald Finzi Thierry Fischer Julia Fischer Leon Fleisher Renée Fleming Ingrid Fliter Bernard Foccroulle Georg Forster Lawrence Foster Florence Foster Jenkins Jean Fournet Edwin Franko Goldman Isadore Freed Nelson Freire Joan Fresco Ignaz Friedman Johann Friedrich Ruhe Céline Frisch Giovanni Gabrieli James Gaffigan Sabina Gagliardi Noël Gallon John Gamble Mary Garden John Eliot Gardiner Françoise Garner Daniele Gatti Philippe Gaubert Valery Gergiev Christian Gerhaher Alfredo Germont George Gershwin Carlo Gesualdo Teodora Gheorghiu Angela Gheorghiu Michael Giacchino Carmen Giannattasio Alexander Gibson Alan Gilbert Emil Gilels Patrick Gilmore Boris Giltburg Alberto Ginastera Carlo Maria Giulini Wallis Giunta Philip Glass Alexander Glazunov Mikhail Glinka Reinhold Glière Christoph Willibald von Gluck Vadim Gluzman Olivier Godin Imrich Godin Christine Goerke Matthias Goerne Mikhail Goldstein Antônio Carlos Gomes John Goss Glenn Gould Charles Gounod Susan Graham Stéphane Grappelli Maurice Greene Eleanor Greenwood Alexander Gretchaninov Edvard Grieg Vittorio Grigolo Ekaterina Gubanova Vittorio Gui Andréa Guiot Ivor Gurney József Gábor Hans Gál Bernard Haitink Rodgers and Hammerstein Thomas Hampson George Frideric Handel W. C. Handy Eilene Hannan Chloë Hanslip Howard Hanson Daniel Harding Russell Harlow Katie Harman Nikolaus Harnoncourt Roy Harris Franz Hawlata Amos Sutton Hayden Joseph Haydn Catherine Hayes Jake Heggie Jascha Heifetz Alan Held David Helfgott Karl Helm Skitch Henderson Joni Henson Victor Herbert Saioa Hernández Angela Hewitt Paul Hindemith Philippe Hirschhorn Joe Hisaishi E. T. A. Hoffmann Ernest Hogan Christopher Hogwood Robert Holl Heinz Holliger James Holmes Eugene Holmes Gustav Holst Franz von Holstein Manfred Honeck Arthur Honegger Gerard Honing Edmund Hooper Daniel Hope Lisa Hopkins Jascha Horenstein Vladimir Horowitz Stephen Hough Herbert Howells Gerold Huber Klaus Huber Robert A. Hudson Steven Humes Johann Nepomuk Hummel Walter Hus Alina Ibragimova Aleksey Igudesman Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Désiré-Émile Inghelbrecht Konstantin Ivanov Charles Ives Daniel J. Lockwood Stefan Jackiw David Jalbert Charles James Mott Marek Janowski Janine Jansen Mariss Jansons Leoš Janáček Jean Michel Jarre Bella Jasper Philip Jeck Katherine Jenkins Paul Ji Eugen Jochum Eva Johansson Stephen Johns Graham Johnson Andrew Johnston Philip Jones Richard Jones Hyung-ki Joo Ismael Jordi Robert Kahn Kiri Te Kanawa Jason Kao Hwang Herbert von Karajan Christiane Karg Atlan Karp Nahum Karta Elena Kats-Chernin Jonas Kaufmann Zoë Keating Simon Keenlyside Aram Khachaturian Dmitry Khvorostovsky Fiona Kimm Leon Kirchner Florence Kirk Evgeny Kissin Otto Klemperer Justin Heinrich Knecht Zoltán Kodály Lothar Koenigs Jennifer Koh Ton Koopman Nina Kotova Arthur Walter Kramer Alfredo Kraus Clemens Krauss Fritz Kreisler Anton Kuerti Julian Kuerti Gustav Kuhn Aline Kutan Carles Lama Joseph Lamb Sarah Lancaster Lang Lang Bruno Laplante Jean-François Lapointe Thomas Larcher Jaime Laredo Tessa Lark Orlande de Lassus Mhairi Lawson Jeffrey Lawton François Lays Philip Legge Lotte Lehmann Mitch Leigh Laura Lemon Alfonso Leng Ruggero Leoncavallo Abbé Louis Lepage James Levine Eva Liebau György Ligeti Jaap ter Linden Kate Lindsey Hannu Lintu Dinu Lipatti Valentina Lisitsa Franz Liszt Gaston Litaize Andrew Litton Ji Liu George Lloyd Julian Lloyd Webber Andrew Lloyd Webber Rosie Lomas Edson Lopes Mary Lou Fallis Nikolai Lugansky Alma Lund Irina Lungu Jesús López Cobos Yo-Yo Ma Lorin Maazel Malcolm MacDonald Jeanette MacDonald Charles Macpherson Gustav Mahler Philipp Maintz Jens-Peter Maintz Mischa Maisky Maria Malibran Andrzej Malinowski Gian Francesco Malipiero Christopher Maltman Michael Mann Charles Manners Alexander Markov Wynton Marsalis Malcolm Martineau Marianna von Martines Jean Martinon Bohuslav Martinů Joseph Marx Pietro Mascagni Jules Massenet Kurt Masur Eduardo Mata Karita Mattila Donald Maxwell Michael Mayes Manfred Mayrhofer Denia Mazzola Tim McAllister Donald McIntyre Morag McLaren Sylvia McNair Colin McPhee Angela Meade Zubin Mehta Waltraud Meier Alwyn Mellor Alexander Melnikov Fanny Mendelssohn Felix Mendelssohn Yehudi Menuhin Luis Mercy Raphaël Merlin Olivier Messiaen Tamara Milashkina Darius Milhaud Yvonne Minton Leona Mitchell Warren Mok Federico Mompou Jean-Joseph de Mondonville Claudio Monteverdi William Henry Montgomery Daniel Moody Joseph Moog Karel Moor Thomas Moore Cristóbal de Morales Robert Moran Federico Moreno Torroba Junko Mori Thomas Morley Ennio Morricone Theodore F. Morse Moritz Moszkowski Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Yevgeny Mravinsky Marcel Mule Lawrence R. Mumford Maurice Murphy John Murphy Thilo Muster Riccardo Muti Nikolai Myaskovsky Jun Märkl Dagmar Möller Kent Nagano Yves Nat Stuart Neill Andris Nelsons Alex Ness Anna Netrebko Carl Nielsen Birgit Nilsson Ryo Noda Takeo Noguchi Luigi Nono Roger Norrington Evelin Novak Yannick Nézet-Séguin Orin O'Brien Thomas O'Brien Butler Kelley O'Connor Simon O'Neill Christine Obermayr Siegfried Ochs Jacques Offenbach David Oistrakh Alan Oke James Oldfield Sakari Oramo Carl Orff Luther Orlando Emerson Eugene Ormandy John Osborn Steven Osborne George Alexander Osborne Georg Ots Peter Oundjian Eric Owens Makoto Ozone Nathan Pacheco Martijn Padding Niccolò Paganini Giovanni da Palestrina Piero de Palma Sean Panikkar Andrzej Panufnik Roxanna Panufnik Beatriz Parra Hubert Parry Yan Pascal Tortelier György Pauk Luciano Pavarotti Caroline Peach Wilfrid Pelletier Krzysztof Penderecki Manuel Penella Raga Francesco Pennisi Thomas Pereira Bruno Henrique Peres Olga Peretyatko Giovanni Battista Pergolesi Charles Callahan Perkins Itzhak Perlman Mark Peskanov Roberta Peters Vasily Petrenko Kirill Petrenko Michala Petri Ivan Petrov Andrey Petrov Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky Gregor Piatigorsky Astor Piazzolla Trevor Pinnock Maria João Pires Luca Pisaroni Michel Plasson Susan Platts Ferdinand Poise Maurizio Pollini Amilcare Ponchielli Michel Portal Cole Porter Francis Poulenc André Previn Hermann Prey Leontyne Price John Pritchard Sergei Prokofiev Frank Proto Jacqueline du Pré Giacomo Puccini Henry Purcell Ashley Putnam Arvo Pärt Roger Quilter Misha Quint Walter Rabl Sergei Rachmaninoff Sondra Radvanovsky Jean-Philippe Rameau Imant Raminsh Suzanne Ramon Beatrice Rana Simon Rattle Maurice Ravel Michael Redding Bernd Redmann Max Reger Steve Reich Heinrich Reinhardt Lucienne Renaudin Vary Vadim Repin Hermann Reutter Sviatoslav Richter Terry Riley Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Graciela Rivera Richard Rodgers Sofia Romani Pepe Romero Joseph Willard Roosevelt Cipriano de Rore Ned Rorem Matthew Rose Therese Rosenbaum Gioachino Rossini Nino Rota Albert Roussel Kate Royal Gennady Rozhdestvensky Arthur Rubinstein Julius Rudel Edicson Ruiz James Rutherford John Rutter Maxim Rysanov Matthäus Römer Victor de Sabata Camille Saint-Saëns Antonio Salieri Ignatius Sancho Lee Santana Nello Santi Pablo de Sarasate Erik Satie Kentaro Sato William Savage Adolphe Sax Bidu Sayão Domenico Scarlatti Hermann Scherchen András Schiff Leander Schlegel Franz Schmidt Florent Schmitt Arnold Schoenberg Andreas Scholl Hermann Schroeder Franz Schubert William Schuman Clara Schumann Robert Schumann Gerard Schwarz Alexander Scriabin Sunyoung Seo Peter Serkin Rudolf Serkin Raphael Severe William Sewell William Shakespeare Michael Jeffrey Shapiro Henry K. Sheldon Arthur Shepherd John Sheppard Heather Shipp Howard Shore Dmitri Shostakovich Boris Shtokolov Jean Sibelius Eric Silberger Beverly Sills Leonard Slatkin Bruce Sledge Bedřich Smetana Patricia Snell David Soar Grigory Sokolov Antonio Soler Georg Solti Stephen Sondheim Mauricio Sotelo John Philip Sousa Pietro Spagnoli Leo Spies Anton Stadler Ilia Staple Andrew Staples Eleanor Steber Horst Stein Pinchas Steinberg Maximilian Steinberg Joseph Stephenson Andrew B. Sterling Isaac Stern Risë Stevens John Stevenson Theodosia Stirling Leopold Stokowski Krassimira Stoyanova Antonio Stradivari Stuart Stratford Josef Strauss Michel Strauss Richard Strauss Johann Strauss II Igor Stravinsky Arthur Sullivan Franz Supper Joan Sutherland Shin'ichi Suzuki William Sweeney Jubilant Sykes Sanford Sylvan Henryk Szeryng Adrian Sâmpetrean Bent Sørensen Richard T. Gill Sourindro Mohun Tagore Tōru Takemitsu Robert Talbot Thomas Tallis Antoine Tamestit Margaret Leng Tan Jeffrey Tate John Tavener James Taylor Larry Teal Georg Philipp Telemann Bryn Terfel Torleif Thedéen Christian Thielemann Robin Ticciati John Tomlinson Paul Tortelier Arturo Toscanini Francesco Paolo Tosti Norman Treigle Daniil Trifonov Anthony Trionfo Bartolomeo Tromboncino Rainer Trost Simon Trpčeski Mati Turi Joaquín Turina Eva Turner Georges Tzipine Francisco Tárrega Edvige Vaccari James Valenti Fernando Valenti Jorge Luis Valverde-Bartlett Tibor Varga Lauri Vasar Ralph Vaughan Williams Tichina Vaughn Giuseppe Verdi Louis Vierne Roger Vignoles Heitor Villa-Lobos Ramón Vinay Antonio Vivaldi Gustave Vogt Deborah Voigt Ilan Volkov Bogdan Volkov Giovanni Battista Volpe Henry Waddington John Francis Wade Richard Wagner Erin Wall Louis Wallis Bruno Walter Günter Wand Robert Ward Alex Wasserman Paul Watkins Huw Watkins André Watts Franz Waxman Carl Maria von Weber Anton Webern Joseph Webster Bruno Weil Kurt Weill Mieczysław Weinberg Judith Weir Sylvius Leopold Weiss John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland David Wilde Alec Wilder John Williams Elisabeth Withers Lars Woldt Hugo Wolf Gordon Wry Gregorio Wu Pak Chiu Fflur Wyn Robert Xavier Rodriguez Virginia Yep Samuel Youn Sabrina Pena Young Eugène Ysaÿe Isang Yun Helmut Zacharias Benjamin Zander Georg Zeppenfeld Haochen Zhang Alexander Zhurbin Lev Zhurbin Otakar Zich Tabea Zimmermann David Zobel John Zorn Pinchas Zuckerman Rosmunda a Rosmunda Pisaroni Niel van der Watt Josquin des Prez Alondra de la Parra Christoph ristoph Bach I José Ángel Lamas
Orchestras & Ensembles (103)
Akron Symphony Orchestra Allentown Band American Symphony Orchestra Aurora Orchestra Auryn Quartet Australian Chamber Orchestra Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra BBC Singers BBC Symphony Orchestra (London) Berlin Philharmonic Boston Pops Orchestra Boston Symphony Orchestra Brentano String Quartet Brodsky Quartet Calidore String Quartet Canadian Opera Company (Toronto) Chicago Symphony Orchestra China Philharmonic Orchestra Cleveland Orchestra Colorado Springs Philharmonic Concerts Colonne Detroit Symphony Orchestra Eighth Blackbird Emerson String Quartet English National Opera (London) European Union Youth Orchestra Face the Music (New York City) Fort Worth Opera Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Freiburger Barockorchester (Freiburg im Breisgau) Grand Rapids Symphony Houston Grand Opera JACK Quartet Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra Jerusalem Quartet Kansas City Symphony Kodály Quartet Kronos Quartet Les Arts Florissants London Philharmonic Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra (Barbican Centre) Lotus Lyric Opera of Chicago Madison Opera Madison Symphony Orchestra Metropolitan Opera (New York City) Minnesota Orchestra (Minneapolis) Montreal Symphony Orchestra Munich Philharmonic Music Central Nashville Symphony National Arts Centre Orchestra (Ottawa) National Symphony Orchestra (Washington, D.C.) National Youth Choir of Scotland New World Symphony (Miami Beach) New York City Opera (Manhattan) New York Philharmonic Orchestra North Carolina Symphony Opera Australia (Sydney) Opera Holland Park (Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea) Opera North Orchestra Mozart Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana (Lugano) Orchestra of Opera North Orchestre Métropolitain (Montreal) Orchestre National de Lyon Orchestre de Paris Oregon Symphony Orion String Quartet Pacific Symphony (Santa Ana) Philadelphia Orchestra Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Phoenix Symphony Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Pro Arte Quartet Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Salut Salon San Antonio Symphony San Diego Opera San Diego Symphony San Francisco Opera San Francisco Symphony Santa Fe Opera Sarasota Orchestra Scottish Chamber Orchestra Scottish Opera Seattle Symphony Seraphic Fire Shanghai Symphony Orchestra St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra Sydney Symphony Orchestra Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra The Florida Orchestra Tokyo Symphony Orchestra (Shinjuku) Toronto Symphony Orchestra Utah Symphony Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Welsh National Opera (Cardiff) West–Eastern Divan Orchestra Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra
Opera houses, Concert halls & Festivals (46)
Aix-en-Provence Festival BBC Proms (London) Barbican Centre (City of London) Bard SummerScape (Annandale-on-Hudson) Bargemusic (New York City) Bayreuth Festival Bayreuth Festival Theatre Bellingham Festival of Music Bolshoi Theatre (Tverskoy District) Boston Early Music Festival Bowery Ballroom (Manhattan) Carnegie Hall (Manhattan) Castleton Festival Chorégies d'Orange Concertgebouw (Amsterdam) David Geffen Hall (Upper West Side) Derby Cathedral (City of Derby) East Neuk Festival Festival Miami Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht Festival de Lanaudière Glyndebourne Festival Opera Hollywood Bowl (Los Angeles) Knitting Factory (Manhattan) La Scala (Milan) Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (Manhattan) Lucerne Festival Madison Square Garden (Manhattan) Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (Florence) Mariinsky Theatre (Saint Petersburg) New Hampshire Music Festival Newport Music Festival Ottawa Chamberfest Royal Albert Hall (City of Westminster) Royal Festival Hall (London Borough of Lambeth) Royal Opera House (City of Westminster) Salzburg Festival Sydney Opera House (City of Sydney) Tanglewood (Lenox) Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires) Teatro Lirico di Cagliari Three Choirs Festival (Gloucester) Verona Arena Vienna State Opera house (Innere Stadt) Wigmore Hall (City of Westminster) Wisconsin Union Theater (Madison)