News topics of the month - June 2021
Every month, soclassiq analyses the web media for you and identifies those who have made the news. Here are the results for June 2021
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.
1600+ 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 2021
Composers, Conductors, Performers & Lyrical singers (819)
Claudio Abbado Kazem Abdullah John Luther Adams John Adams Guido Adler Thomas Adès Paul Agnew Pierre-Laurent Aimard Roberto Alagna Bernd Alois Zimmermann Eduardo Alonso-Crespo Marin Alsop Nicolas Altstaedt Karl Amadeus Hartmann Timo Andres Leif Ove Andsnes Darrell Ang Georg Anthes Atar Arad Martha Argerich Craig Armstrong Malcolm Arnold Alexander Arutiunian Luffman Atterbury Georges Auric Peter Auty Emanuel Ax Sharon Azrieli Grażyna Bacewicz Johann Sebastian Bach Samuel Barber Peter Barcza Shalom Bard Daniel Barenboim Jamie Barton Béla Bartók Mason Bates Hermann Baumann Clive Bayley Daniel Bayley Sally Beamish John Beard Ludwig van Beethoven Heribert Beissel Joshua Bell Vincenzo Bellini Georg Benda Franz Benda Nicola Benedetti George Benjamin Tim Benjamin John Morgan Bentley Alban Berg Erna Berger Paavo Berglund Luciano Berio Hector Berlioz Leonard Bernstein Walter Berry Sophie Bevan Heinrich Biber Anja Bihlmaier William Billings Hildegard of Bingen Harrison Birtwistle Stephanie Blythe Luigi Boccherini Andrea Bocelli Marcus Bosch Jacques Bosch Rutland Boughton Lili Boulanger Nadia Boulanger Pierre Boulez Adrian Boult Mark Bowden York Bowen Martyn Brabbins Ethel A. Brady Johannes Brahms Elisabeth Brauß Tyondai Braxton Robert Breault Benjamin Britten Matthew Brook Anton Bruckner Alison Buchanan Isobel Buchanan Julia Bullock Susan Bullock Kenji Bunch Khatia Buniatishvili William Burden Harry T. Burleigh Karla Burns Norma Burrowes Ferruccio Busoni Clara Butt David Butt Philip William Byrd Maria Callas David Campbell Karina Canellakis Gautier Capuçon Renaud Capuçon Henry Carey Karen Cargill Giacomo Carissimi Ferdinando Carulli Pau Casals John Oscar Casey Lee Cass Francesco Cavalli Olivier Cavé Sergiu Celibidache Stuart Challender Bertrand Chamayou Marc-Antoine Charpentier Claire Chase John Cheek Ray Chen John Chetham Unsuk Chin Michael Chioldi Erik Chisholm Timothy Chooi Frédéric Chopin Franz Christoph Neubauer Harry Christophers Jeremiah Clarke Thomas Clayton Allan Clayton Joy Clements Stephen Cleobury Ernest Closson Anna Clyne Jonathan Cohen Robert Cohen Christophe Coin Grant Colburn Dan Coleman Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Xavier Coll Ben Connor Léon Edmé Conor Allison Cook Sasha Cooke Imogen Cooper Alice Coote Aaron Copland Arcangelo Corelli Sarah Crane Elizabeth Craven Lucy Crowe Miranda Cuckson Alvin Curran Colin Currie Chaya Czernowin Lorenzo da Da Ponte Paul Daniel Franz Danzi Lise Davidsen Benjamin Davies Iestyn Davies Peter Maxwell Davies Andrew Davis Wallace DePue Brett Dean Claude Debussy Bruno Delepelaire Frederick Delius József Dene Eleanor Dennis Gérald Desmarais Bryce Dessner Joyce DiDonato Anton Diabelli Marzena Diakun Clarence Dickinson Bernard van Dieren Simone Dinnerstein Dean Dixon Gaetano Donizetti Finnegan Downie Dear Grant Doyle Julius Drake Gustavo Dudamel Tan Dun Mignon Dunn Susan Dunn Louis Durey Grace Durham Antonín Dvořák Spencer Dyke Thomas Edmonds Ross Edwards Julian Edwards Richard Egarr James Ehnes Irene Eisinger Hanns Eisler Mark Elder Danny Elfman Edward Elgar George Enescu Rebecca Evans Michael Fabiano Lauren Fagan Mohammed Fairouz Ying Fang Alice Farnham Isabelle Faust Anna Fedorova Morton Feldman Ning Feng Brian Ferneyhough Kathleen Ferrier Janina Fialkowska Nathan Fifield Catrin Finch Elena Firsova Julia Fischer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Alessandro Fisher Leon Fleisher Renée Fleming C. Roland Flick Jere Flint Eric Fogg Mina Foley Emilie da Fonseca Hélène Fortin Lyne Fortin Robert Franz Jean Françaix Simon Fraser Bettina Freeman Elizabeth Fretwell Georg Friedrich Haas Francisco Fullana Dorothy Fuller Ferruccio Furlanetto Sam Furness Wilhelm Furtwängler Stephen Gadd James Gaffigan Ernest Gagnon Blas Galindo James Galway Pasquale Gargiulo Nicholas Garrett John Garth Daniele Gatti Francis George Scott Valery Gergiev George Gershwin Carlo Gesualdo Sean Ghazi Alan Gilbert Adam Gilbert Jess Gillam Delphine Gillot Patrick Gilmore Gustavo Gimeno Ivry Gitlis Mauro Giuliani Carlo Maria Giulini Philip Glass Alexander Glazunov Vadim Gluzman Gareth Glyn Christine Goerke Christel Goltz Randall Goosby David Gordon Glenn Gould Charles Gounod Percy Grainger William Grant Still Denyce Graves Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla Eleanor Greenwood Frances Greer Harry Gregson-Williams Edvard Grieg Elsie Griffin Nicolo Grimaldi Hélène Grimaud Greer Grimsley Benjamin Grosvenor Franz Xaver Gruber Martin Grubinger Francisco Guerrero Giancarlo Guerrero Edward Guo Johannes Gustafsson Augustin Hadelich Ida Haendel Hilary Hahn Tommi Hakala Charles Hallé Marc-André Hamelin Iain Hamilton Rodgers and Hammerstein Thomas Hampson George Frideric Handel Vernon Handley Chloë Hanslip Lia Hanus John Harbison Anita Hartig Thomas Hastings Joseph Haydn Jake Heggie Jascha Heifetz Anny Helm Lance M. Hendrickson Swan Hennessy Anna Herbst Sebastian Aguilera de Heredia Henry Herford Pierre Hermant Saioa Hernández Adolph Friedrich Hesse Paul Hindemith Louis Hirsch Alun Hoddinott E. T. A. Hoffmann Robin Holloway Gustav Holst Helmut Holzapfel Arthur Honegger Lisa Hopkins Vladimir Horowitz Toshio Hosokawa Stephen Hough Herbert Howells Monica Huggett Tobias Hume Johann Nepomuk Hummel José Hurtado Jorma Hynninen Peter Hänsel Jacques Ibert Alina Ibragimova Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Wilfred d' Indy Frances Ingram Steven Isserlis George Jackson Eric Jacobsen Goderdzi Janelidze Janine Jansen Karl Jenkins Adolf Jensen Gareth Brynmor John Stephen Johns Ben Johnson Oliver Johnston Andrew Johnston Betsy Jolas Leila Josefowicz Marie-Josèphe Jude Vladimir Jurowski Jóhann Jóhannsson Jonian-Ilias Kadesha Carlos Kalmar Sharon Kam Okko Kamu Giya Kancheli Sheku Kanneh-Mason Jean-Jacques Kantorow Vítězslava Kaprálová Miloš Karadaglić Herbert von Karajan Elizabeth Karani Heinz Karl Gruber Kim Kashkashian Richard Kaufman Jonas Kaufmann Leonidas Kavakos Frederick Keel Simon Keenlyside Milko Kelemen Rudolf Kempe Elizabeth Kenny Daniel Kidane Gihoon Kim Alessandro Kirschner Evgeny Kissin Carlos Kleiber Otto Klemperer Dinara Klinton Oliver Knussen Zoltán Kodály Jennifer Koh Patricia Kopatchinskaja Ritva-Liisa Korhonen Erich Wolfgang Korngold Mark Kosower Alfredo Kraus Fritz Kreisler Aleksandra Kurzak Pekka Kuusisto Ilkka Kuusisto William Lacey Helmut Lachenmann Jeanne Lamon Rosemarie Landry Lang Lang Louis Langrée Tessa Lark Benjamin Lees Claire Lees Isabel Leonard Abbé Louis Lepage Raymond Leppard Simon Lepper Nicholas Lester James Levine Igor Levit Paul Lewis Tania León György Ligeti William Ling Franz Liszt Elizabeth Llewellyn Grant Llewellyn Morfydd Llwyn Owen Alessandro Longo Alexander Lonquich Giorgio Lorenzi Fabio Luisi Audrey Luna Vicente Lusitano Witold Lutosławski Angharad Lyddon Yo-Yo Ma Edward MacDowell James MacMillan Gustav Mahler Nikolai Malko Sergey Malov Christopher Maltman George Manahan Elin Manahan Thomas Otto Manasse Luciana Mancini Rosa Mannion Horace Mansion Andrew Manze Omar Vladimir Marcano Richard Margison Giuseppe Mariotti Wayne Marshall Giovanni Battista Martini Bohuslav Martinů Vicente Martín y Soler Anthony Marwood Artūrs Maskats Jules Massenet Diego Masson Ken-David Masur Kurt Masur William Mathias Giovanni de Matteo Mario Sally Matthews Colin Matthews Donald Maxwell Albrecht Mayer Mariette Mazarin Missy Mazzoli Zubin Mehta Rhys Meirion Alexander Melnikov Fanny Mendelssohn Felix Mendelssohn Gian Carlo Menotti Yehudi Menuhin Pierre Mercure Robert Merrill Olivier Messiaen Joseph Middleton Darius Milhaud Marilyn Mims Aoife Miskelly Meredith Monk Claudio Monteverdi William Henry Montgomery Latonia Moore Thomas Moore Michael Morgan Thomas Morley James Morris Hannah Morrison Stephen Mould Samy Moussa Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Leopold Mozart Robert Muczynski Nico Muhly Brian Mulligan Robert Murray Tai Murray Riccardo Muti Anne-Sophie Mutter Jussi Myllys Klaus Mäkelä Susanna Mälkki Jon Nakamatsu Gabriele Nani Laurent Naouri Andris Nelsons Anna Netrebko Sigismund von Neukomm Nokuthula Ngwenyama Rachel Nicholls Agnes Nicholls Carl Nielsen Birgit Nordin Jesper Nordin Roger Norrington Gianandrea Noseda Michael Nyman Yannick Nézet-Séguin Kelley O'Connor William Christopher O'Hare Christine Obermayr Jacques Offenbach Elizabeth Ogonek David Oistrakh Sara Oppenheimer Eugene Ormandy Gabriela Ortiz Diego Ortiz Steven Osborne George Alexander Osborne Alice Sara Ott Alex Otterburn Peter Oundjian Eric Owens Seiji Ozawa Aaron P. Dworkin Lilli Paasikivi Mark Padmore Niccolò Paganini Emmanuel Pahud Roxanna Panufnik Andrzej Panufnik Gustáv Papp Antonio Pappano Hubert Parry Osbert Parsley Robert Parsons György Pauk Alfred Paulsen Nadezhda Pavlova Valentina Peleggi Krzysztof Penderecki Francesco Pennisi Olga Peretyatko Itzhak Perlman Roberta Peters Vasily Petrenko Kirill Petrenko Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky Johann Pfeiffer Astor Piazzolla Tobias Picker Francesco Piemontesi Matthias Pintscher Rachel Podger Ferdinand Poise Matthew Polenzani Paul Popescu Enno Poppe Cole Porter Francis Poulenc Menahem Pressler André Previn Leontyne Price Florence Price Samantha Price Carlos Prieto Jacqué Carrie Pringle Elin Pritchard John Pritchard Sergei Prokofiev Frank Proto Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth Giacomo Puccini Henry Purcell Arvo Pärt Thomas Quasthoff Sergei Rachmaninoff Jean-Philippe Rameau Ross Ramgobin Jean-Pierre Rampal Ilya Rashkovsky Simon Rattle Maurice Ravel Steve Reich Ruth Reinhardt Heinrich Reinhardt Ottorino Respighi Christine Rice Stephen Richardson Hans Richter André Rieu Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Leif Roar Olivier Robe David Robertson Richard Rodgers Richard Rodney Bennett Gianna Rolandi Natalya Romaniw Sigmund Romberg Antonio Rosetti Stefano Rossetto Gioachino Rossini Mstislav Rostropovich Daniel Roth Christophe Rousset Arthur Rubinstein Consuelo Rubio James Rutherford Frederic Rzewski Dorothea Röschmann Kaija Saariaho Monsieur de Saint-Lambert Aulis Sallinen Matti Salminen Esa-Pekka Salonen Carolyn Sampson Erik Satie Rebecca Saunders Domenico Scarlatti Arno Schellenberg András Schiff Sebastian Bensen Schlesinger Alfred Schnittke Johann Schobert Arnold Schoenberg Franz Schreker Franz Schubert Mark Schultz Golda Schultz Klaus Schulze Clara Schumann Robert Schumann Isaac Schwartz Gerard Schwarz Alexander Scriabin Peter Sculthorpe Joana Seara Dominic Sedgwick Abel Selaocoe Sunyoung Seo Luciana Serra Raphael Severe Gil Shaham William Shakespeare Caroline Shaw Martha Sheil Bright Sheng Arthur Shepherd Brindley Sherratt David Shipley Howard Shore Dmitri Shostakovich Benjamin Shute Jean Sibelius Angela Simkin Victoria Simmonds Mark Simpson Bernard Sinclair Larry Sitsky Stuart Skelton Semion Skigin Bo Skovhus Leonard Slatkin Grigory Sokolov Irina Sokolova Antonio Soler Kian Soltani Stephen Sondheim Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji Dale Sorensen John Philip Sousa Albert Spalding Mark Sparks Toby Spence Daniel Stabrawa Johann Stamitz Charles Villiers Stanford Ilia Staple Ethel Stark Susan Starr Dalia Stasevska Isaac Stern John Stevenson Karlheinz Stockhausen Leopold Stokowski Antonio Stradivari Teresa Stratas Richard Strauss Igor Stravinsky Nathalie Stutzmann Joan Sutherland Tim Sutton Germaine Tailleferre Tōru Takemitsu Georg Tales Thomas Tallis Carl Tanner John Tavener John Taverner James Taylor Caroline Taylor Georg Philipp Telemann Bryn Terfel Avet Terterian Christian Tetzlaff Jean-Yves Thibaudet Christian Thielemann Tine Thing Helseth Russell Thomas Elgan Llyr Thomas William Thomas Robin Ticciati Michael Tilson Thomas Michael Tippett John Tomlinson Vincenzo Tommasini Bohumil Tomáš Michael Torke Daniil Trifonov Anna Tsybuleva Eva Turner Romuald Twardowski Mitsuko Uchida Dawn Upshaw Raymond Vaillant Taru Valjakka Christian Van Horn Julien Van Mellaerts Ralph Vaughan Williams Tichina Vaughn Giuseppe Verdi Jason Vieaux Helena Vieira Satu Vihavainen Heitor Villa-Lobos Pierre de Villiers Carl Vine Antonio Vivaldi Georg Joseph Vogler Jan Vogler Arnold Volpe Osmo Vänskä Edo de Waart Henry Waddington Matthew Kofi Waldren John Walsh Yuja Wang Duncan Ward Huw Watkins Keel Watson André Watts Anton Webern Kurt Weill Mieczysław Weinberg Judith Weir Johannes Weisser John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland R. P. Weston Paul Wiancko Hermann Wichmann Friedrich Wieck Ryan Wigglesworth Mark Wigglesworth Philip van Wilder Alec Wilder Johann Wilhelm Wilms Robert W. Wilkes Thomas Wilkins Michael Alexander Willens Grace Williams Roderick Williams John Williams Nardus Williams John Wilson August Winding Gerald Wirth Franz Xaver Witt Julia Wolfe Zun-Hin Woo Henry Wood Rae Woodland Herbert Hall Woodward Julia Woolf John Worgan Fflur Wyn Niklaus Wyss Iannis Xenakis Bruce Yarnell Pretty Yende Esther Yoo Eugène Ysaÿe Alexander von Zemlinsky Hans Zender Xian Zhang Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann Nikolaj Znaider Pinchas Zuckerman Vincent d'Indy Lise de la Salle Víkingur Ólafsson
Orchestras & Ensembles (104)
Albion Quartet Amadeus Quartet American Bach Soloists Atlantic Symphony Orchestra Attacca Quartet Australian Youth Orchestra (New South Wales) BBC National Orchestra of Wales BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (Glasgow) BBC Symphony Orchestra (London) Baroque Orchestra Berlin Philharmonic Birmingham Contemporary Music Group Bogotá Philharmonic Boston Lyric Opera Boston Pops Orchestra Boston Symphony Orchestra Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Britten Sinfonia Café Zimmermann Canadian Opera Company (Toronto) Chanticleer Chicago Opera Theater Chicago Sinfonietta Chicago Symphony Orchestra Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra City of London Sinfonia Concerto Amsterdam Consone Quartet Copenhagen Philharmonic Doric String Quartet Dunedin Consort Emerson Quartet Ensemble baroque de Limoges Franz Schubert Filharmonia Freiburger Barockorchester (Freiburg im Breisgau) Garsington Opera Grange Park Opera (West Horsley) Hagen Quartet Hampstead Garden Opera Houston Grand Opera I Musici Imani Winds International Contemporary Ensemble Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Kodály Quartet Kölner Akademie Les Talens Lyriques (Paris) London Mozart Players London Philharmonic Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra (Barbican Centre) Long Beach Opera Mahler Chamber Orchestra Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Metropolitan Opera (New York City) Minnesota Orchestra (Minneapolis) Montreal Symphony Orchestra National Youth Orchestra of Canada (Toronto) New West Symphony New World Symphony (Miami Beach) New York City Opera (Manhattan) New York Philharmonic Orchestra North Carolina Symphony North German Radio Symphony Orchestra Northern Sinfonia Oakland Symphony Onyx Brass Opera Australia (Sydney) Opera Holland Park (Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea) Opera North (Leeds) Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège Orchestre de la Francophonie Pacific Symphony (Santa Ana) Philadelphia Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Queensland Symphony Orchestra Radius Residentie Orchestra Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Royal Philharmonic Orchestra San Francisco Opera San Francisco Symphony Scottish Chamber Orchestra Scottish Opera Seattle Opera Seattle Symphony Septura Seraphic Fire Silent Opera Solem Quartet Sydney Symphony Orchestra Sō Percussion Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra (Toronto) Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra Toronto Mendelssohn Choir Toronto Symphony Orchestra Tulsa Opera Ulysses Vancouver Opera Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Vienna State Opera house (Innere Stadt) Welsh National Opera (Cardiff) stargaze
Opera houses, Concert halls & Festivals (51)
Aberystwyth Arts Centre Aldeburgh Festival Arsenal de Metz BBC Proms (London) Barbican Centre (City of London) Bergen International Festival (Bergen Municipality) Bolshoi Theatre (Tverskoy District) Buxton Festival Carnegie Hall (Manhattan) Cheltenham Music Festival Colorado Music Festival Concertgebouw (Amsterdam) David Geffen Hall (Upper West Side) Dresden Music Festival Edinburgh International Festival (City of Edinburgh) Elbphilharmonie (Hamburg-Mitte) Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht Festival de Lanaudière Festival de musique de chambre de Montréal (Montreal) Finnish National Opera (Helsinki) Glyndebourne Festival Opera Gran Teatre del Liceu (El Raval) Grant Park Music Festival (Chicago) La Scala (Milan) Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (Manhattan) Longborough Festival Opera Manoel Theatre (Valletta) Mariinsky Theatre (Saint Petersburg) Massey Hall (Toronto) Memorial Opera House (Valparaiso) Nevill Holt Opera (Leicestershire) Newport Music Festival Opéra de Lille Ottawa Chamberfest Palace Theatre, Rothesay (Argyll and Bute) Ravinia Festival (Illinois) Rockport Music Royal Albert Hall (City of Westminster) Royal Festival Hall (London Borough of Lambeth) Royal Opera House (City of Westminster) Sage Gateshead Savonlinna Opera Festival Snape Maltings Tanglewood (Lenox) Teatro Regio (Turin) The International Chamber Music Festival in Plovdiv Usher Hall (City of Edinburgh) Walt Disney Concert Hall (Los Angeles) War Memorial Opera House (San Francisco) Wigmore Hall (City of Westminster) Zürich Opera House