News topics of the month - September 2021
Every month, soclassiq analyses the web media for you and identifies those who have made the news. Here are the results for September 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.
1400+ 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.
September 2021
Composers, Conductors, Performers & Lyrical singers (814)
Claudio Abbado Behzod Abdurahimov Leslie Adams Johann Adolf Hasse Thomas Adès Alexander Agricola Kalevi Aho Isaac Albéniz Nilo Alcala John Alden Carpenter Louise Alder Thomas Allen Marin Alsop Nicolas Altstaedt Karl Amadeus Hartmann Joachim Andersen Leroy Anderson Marian Anderson Timo Andres Benjamin Appl Jo Appleby Paul Appleby Martha Argerich Georg Armbrust Kit Armstrong Malcolm Arnold Joseph Artot Vladimir Ashkenazy Algernon Ashton Leopold von Auer Sharon Azrieli Grażyna Bacewicz Johann Sebastian Bach Hans-Dieter Bader Norman Bailey Isobel Baillie James Baillieu Carmen Balthrop Rinald Bamberg Rose Bampton Ryan Bancroft Samuel Barber John Barbirolli Daniel Barenboim John Barnett Béla Bartók Amy Beach Richard Beaudoin Harold Bedoya Ludwig van Beethoven Daniel Behle Joshua Bell Vincenzo Bellini Nicola Benedetti George Benjamin Alban Berg Lennox Berkeley Hector Berlioz Lazar Berman Ludwig Bernhardt Leonard Bernstein Ferdinando Bertoni Matthew Best Sophie Bevan Mary Bevan Susan Bickley Alice Bigelow Tully Jader Bignamini Ronald Binge Harrison Birtwistle Jonathan Biss Georges Bizet Ernest Bloch Herbert Blomstedt Angel Blue Thomas Blunt Hannelore Bode Alfie Boe Joseph Bodin de Boismortier Ivor Bolton François Borne Jacques Bosch Douglas Bostock Victor Bouchard Walter Boudreau Lili Boulanger Nadia Boulanger Pierre Boulez Adrian Boult Richard Bourne York Bowen Sally Bradshaw Johannes Brahms Peter Brathwaite Charlotte Bray Frank Bridge George Bridgetower Lionel Bringuier Benjamin Britten Michel Brousseau Lawrence Brownlee Anton Bruckner Muriel Brunskill Giles Bryant Isobel Buchanan Alison Buchanan Olivia Buckley Julia Bullock Susan Bullock Kenji Bunch Harry T. Burleigh Norma Burrowes James Burton Ferruccio Busoni Semyon Bychkov William Byrd Hans von Bülow Nicole Cabell Giulio Caccini John Cage Antonia Campi Karina Canellakis Karen Cargill Edwin Carr Sergiu Celibidache George Whitefield Chadwick Janice Chapman Helen Charlston Marc-Antoine Charpentier Ernest Chausson John Cheek Luigi Cherubini Francesca Chiejina Unsuk Chin Seong-Jin Cho Timothy Chooi Frédéric Chopin Hans Christian Michael Christie Christos Christodoulou Rebecca Clarke Jeremiah Clarke Frederic Clay Thomas Clayton Ann Cleare Joy Clements Van Cliburn Albert Coates Eric Coates Sarah Coburn Jonathan Cohen Grant Colburn Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Michael Colvin James Conlon Imogen Cooper Aaron Copland Michel Corboz Arcangelo Corelli Phil Coulter François Couperin Paul Crossley Lucy Crowe Sigismondo d'D'India Richard Danielpour David Danzmayr Hariclea Darclée Uriah Davenport Ilana Davidson Iestyn Davies Peter Maxwell Davies Colin Davis Andrew Davis Anthony Davis Lynne Dawson Emilio de De Marchi Michelle DeYoung Claude Debussy Andreas Delfs Léo Delibes Jeremy Denk Gérald Desmarais Astra Desmond Bryce Dessner Clarence Dickinson Louis Diehl James Dillon Simone Dinnerstein Tom Dobson Gaetano Donizetti John Dowland Julia Doyle Grant Doyle Christopher Dragon Octave Dua Gustavo Dudamel Kiera Duffy Paul Dukas Tan Dun Thomas Dunford Henri Duparc Maurice Duruflé Henri Dutilleux Charles Dutoit Antonín Dvořák Florence Easton Robert Easton Anton Eberl John Eccles Sian Edwards Julian Edwards James Ehnes Hanns Eisler Mark Elder Edward Elgar Henry Ely Maxim Emelyanychev George Enescu Mahan Esfahani Julio Estrada Bent Fabric Lauren Fagan Hila Fahima Andrea Falconieri Holger Falk Manuel de Falla Maria Farantouri Farinelli Arthur Farwell Gabriel Fauré Isabelle Faust Samuil Feinberg Tobias Feldmann Christian Ferras Henry Fillmore Gerald Finzi Julia Fischer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Renée Fleming Carl Flesch Carlisle Floyd Mina Foley Xavier Foley Emilie da Fonseca Hippolyte Sazerac de Forge Stephen Foster Jennifer France Alberto Franchetti Nelson Freire Gottlob Frick Oskar Fried Kari Frisell Francisco Fullana Dorothy Fuller Wilhelm Furtwängler Thierry Félix Giovanni Gabrieli Marco da Gagliano Baldassare Galuppi Elīna Garanča John Eliot Gardiner Edward Gardner Françoise Garner Antoinette Garnes Daniele Gatti Véronique Gens Christian Gerhaher George Gershwin Carlo Gesualdo Orlando Gibbons Alexander Gibson Alan Gilbert James Gilchrist Dinh Gilly Boris Giltburg Alberto Ginastera Leo Ginzburg Philip Glass Alexander Glazunov Jane Glover Christoph Willibald von Gluck Friedrich Glück Heiner Goebbels Matthias Goerne Osvaldo Golijov Emiliano Gonzalez Toro Vera Gornostayeva Glenn Gould Charles Gounod Hans Graf William Grant Still Denyce Graves Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla Thomas Greaves Eleanor Greenwood Edvard Grieg Elsie Griffin David Griffiths Asmik Grigorian Hélène Grimaud Ilya Gringolts Benjamin Grosvenor Peter Guth Augustin Hadelich Hartmut Haenchen Richard Hageman Reynaldo Hahn Hilary Hahn Ann Hallenberg Charles Hallé Micha Hamel Marc-André Hamelin George F. Hamer William Hamilton George Frideric Handel Samantha Hankey Barbara Hannigan Howard Hanson Daniel Harding Lynn Harrell Miguel Harth-Bedoya Clara Haskil Joseph Haydn Roland Hayes Catherine Hayes Jake Heggie Jascha Heifetz Anny Helm Roy Henderson Skitch Henderson Ben Heppner Anna Herbst Saioa Hernández Bernard Herrmann J. Charles Hess Adolph Friedrich Hesse Angela Hewitt Richard Hickox Edward Higginbottom Paul Hindemith Hanna Hipp Louis Hirsch Ernest Hogan Justin Holland Gustav Holst Manfred Honeck Arthur Honegger Daniel Hope Cornelia Horak Bethany Horak-Hallett Marilyn Horne Vladimir Horowitz Toshio Hosokawa Elgar Howarth Gwynne Howell Gerold Huber Klaus Huber Robert A. Hudson Tobias Hume Johann Nepomuk Hummel Ricky Ian Gordon Franz Ignaz Beck Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Nobuko Imai John Ireland Steven Isserlis Dina Ivanova Charles Ives Stefan Jackiw Stuart Jackson Gordon Jacob René Jacobs Jacek Janiszewski Mariss Jansons Leoš Janáček Gil Jardim Mary Jarred Scott Allen Jarrett Darren Jeffery Gustav Jenner Adolf Jensen Maria Jeritza Niccolò Jommelli Joseph Jongen Scott Joplin Philippe Jordan Marie-Josèphe Jude Vladimir Jurowski Arthur Jussen Kristjan Järvi Neeme Järvi Carlos Kalmar Jean-Jacques Kantorow Nikolai Kapustin Herbert von Karajan Jurgis Karnavičius Richard Kaufman Jonas Kaufmann Leonidas Kavakos Ikuko Kawai Ulysses Kay Robert Keller Rudolf Kempe Nigel Kennedy Jerome Kern Olga Kern Bomsori Kim Shawn Kirchner Leon Kirchner Dmytro Klebanov Sebastian Knauer Oliver Knussen Kateřina Kněžíková Lothar Koenigs Pawel Kolesnikow Erich Wolfgang Korngold Fritz Kreisler Gidon Kremer Ewa Kupiec Ilkka Kuusisto Pekka Kuusisto Joseph Lamb Lang Lang Bernhard Lang Orphée Langevin Léon Langlois Tessa Lark Morten Lauridsen François Lays Henry Lazarus Haegee Lee Mykola Leontovych Simon Lepper Hermann Levi Eugene Levinson Igor Levit Paul Lewis György Ligeti Aroldo Lindi Jan Lisiecki Franz Liszt Elizabeth Llewellyn Grant Llewellyn Matthew Locke Thomas Lowe Nikolai Lugansky Nicola Luisotti Jean-Baptiste Lully Witold Lutosławski Elisabeth Lutyens Yo-Yo Ma Jeanette MacDonald James MacMillan Stuart MacRae Robert Macfarlane Charles Mackerras Bruno Maderna Njabulo Madlala Alma Mahler Gustav Mahler Gian Francesco Malipiero David Malis George Manahan Otto Manasse Michael Mann Horace Mansion Aleksandar Markovic Neville Marriner Jean Martinon Jaime Martín Juan María Solare Jules Massenet Ken-David Masur Kurt Masur Siegfried Matthus Karita Mattila Donald Maxwell Barry McCauley Claron McFadden Jonathan McGovern Anne McKnight Délfor Medina Alexander Melnikov Juanjo Mena Felix Mendelssohn Yehudi Menuhin Pierre Mercure Karl Merz Olivier Messiaen Ingo Metzmacher Marilyn Mims Hannes Minnaar Tessie Mobley Federico Mompou Meredith Monk Huw Montague Rendall Claudio Monteverdi William Henry Montgomery Daniel Moody Karel Moor Thomas Moore Isabelle Moretti Tim Morgan Michael Morgan Ludovic Morlot Ennio Morricone Hannah Morrison Juanjo Mosalini Samy Moussa Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Yevgeny Mravinsky Marianne Muller Robert Murray John Musto Riccardo Muti Anne-Sophie Mutter Morella Muñoz Stanley Myers Klaus Mäkelä Susanna Mälkki Daniel Müller-Schott Kent Nagano Toshio Nakagawa Heddle Nash Robert Nathaniel Dett Homer Nearing Andris Nelsons Anna Netrebko Rachel Nicholls Agnes Nicholls Harry Nicoll Mark Nicolson Georg Nigl Nikolay Matveevitsj Nikiforov Tatiana Nikolayeva Birgit Nilsson Luigi Nono Jessye Norman Roger Norrington Gianandrea Noseda Evelin Novak Michael Nyman Yannick Nézet-Séguin Simon O'Neill Christine Obermayr Jacques Offenbach Garrick Ohlsson Igor Oistrakh David Oistrakh Tomotaka Okamoto Pauline Oliveros Sakari Oramo Lisette Oropesa Rafael Orozco Andrés Orozco-Estrada Peter Oundjian Emmie Owen Eric Owens Aaron P. Dworkin Ignacy Jan Paderewski Niccolò Paganini Marios Papadopoulos Antonio Pappano Frank Patterson Rafael Payare Valentina Peleggi Krzysztof Penderecki Arthur A. Penn Francesco Pennisi Jacopo Peri Itzhak Perlman Julia Perry Kirill Petrenko George Petrie Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky Susanna Phillips Astor Piazzolla Niccolò Piccinni Trevor Pinnock Walter Piston James Platt Mary Plazas Ferdinand Poise Matthew Polenzani Maurizio Pollini Josep Pons Lily Pons Enno Poppe Nicola Porpora Francis Poulenc Florence Price William Primrose Sergei Prokofiev Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth Jacqueline du Pré Giacomo Puccini Henry Purcell Arvo Pärt Ailyn Pérez Gino Quilico Roger Quilter Jean-Baptiste-Maurice Quinault Patricia Racette Sergei Rachmaninoff Anita Rachvelishvili Brenda Rae Jean-Philippe Rameau Alexandr Ramm Beatrice Rana Francesco Rasi Simon Rattle Maurice Ravel Rachel Redmond Steve Reich Christian Reif Alberto Remedios David Rendall Roger Reynolds Ruggiero Ricci Ashley Riches Sviatoslav Richter Bernard Richter Max Richter Ferdinand Ries Jean Rigby Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Leif Roar David Robertson Richard Rodney Bennett Johann Heinrich Rolle Joseph Willard Roosevelt Matthew Rose Charles Rosen Hilding Rosenberg Bruno Rossignol Gioachino Rossini Mstislav Rostropovich Nino Rota Daniel Roth Anthony Roth Costanzo Santtu-Matias Rouvali Arthur Rubinstein Anna S. Þorvaldsdóttir Paul Sacher Woldemar Sacks Chevalier de Saint-Georges Camille Saint-Saëns Esteban Salas y Castro Nadezhda Salina Ignatius Sancho Malcolm Sargent Erik Satie Rebecca Saunders Konstantin Scherbakov András Schiff Emanuel Schikaneder Leander Schlegel Auguste Amalie Schmalz Benjamin Schmid Florent Schmitt Michael Schneider Othmar Schoeck Arnold Schoenberg Anton Schott Franz Schreker Franz Schubert Nikolai Schukoff Mark Schultz Clara Schumann Robert Schumann Ignaz Schuppanzigh Isaac Schwartz Gerard Schwarz Alexander Scriabin Christopher Seaman Uri Segal Arturo Sergi Raphael Severe William Shakespeare Sean Shibe Howard Shore Dmitri Shostakovich Lan Shui Jean Sibelius Gerhard Siegel Joseph Silverstein Leonard Slatkin Bedřich Smetana Dmitri Smirnov Steven Smith David Soar Yeol Eum Son Leo Sowerby Philip Sparke Mark Sparks Ryan Speedo Green Toby Spence Vladimir Spivakov Tossy Spivakovsky Jenny Stafford Andrew Staples Ethel Stark Jac van Steen Tamara Stefanovich Isaac Stern John Stevenson Gisela Stille Karlheinz Stockhausen Zygmunt Stojowski Antonio Stradivari Richard Strauss Johann Strauss II Igor Stravinsky Barbara Strozzi Elsie Suddaby Josef Suk Arthur Sullivan Franz von Suppé Joan Sutherland William Sweeney Joseph Swensen Karol Szymanowski Victoria Sánchez Thomas Søndergård Bent Sørensen Dobrinka Tabakova Tōru Takemitsu Klára Takács Georg Tales Thomas Tallis Conrad Tao Robert Tear Georg Philipp Telemann Mikis Theodorakis Robin Ticciati Michael Tippett Mads Tolling Josef Toman Vincenzo Tommasini Arturo Toscanini Donald Tovey Joan Tower William Towers Václav Trojan Richard Tucker Mark-Anthony Turnage Mitsuko Uchida Julien Van Mellaerts Vanessa Vanessa-Mae Tibor Varga Ralph Vaughan Williams Giuseppe Verdi Shirley Verrett Josep Teodor Vilar F Vilar Antonio Vivaldi Bogdan Volkov Ilan Volkov Osmo Vänskä Richard Wagner Stephanie Wake-Edwards Garry Walker Raphael Wallfisch Benjamin Wallfisch Louis Wallis William Walton Günter Wand Yuja Wang Nan H. Washburn Huw Watkins André Watts Anton Webern Kurt Weill Mieczysław Weinberg Judith Weir James Westman José White Lafitte Paul Whiteman Jörg Widmann Charles-Marie Widor Friedrich Wieck Henryk Wieniawski Huw Wiggin Mark Wigglesworth Thomas Wilkins Harold Williams Roderick Williams John Williams Malcolm Williamson Rachel Willis-Sørensen John Wilson Ebba Wilton August Winding Pieter Wispelwey Julia Wolfe Zun-Hin Woo Henry Wood Julia Woolf Gregorio Wu Pak Chiu Robert Xavier Rodriguez Iannis Xenakis Kazuki Yamada Kōsaku Yamada Yitzhak Yedid Adrian K. Yee Esther Yoo Simone Young Alexander von Zemlinsky Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann Pinchas Zuckerman Manuel de Zumaya Jaap van Zweden Víkingur Ólafsson Luka Šulić Teresa Żylis-Gara
Orchestras & Ensembles (114)
Academy of Ancient Music Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin Ars Nova Singers Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (Fulton County) Auryn Quartet BBC National Orchestra of Wales BBC Symphony Orchestra (London) Bampton Classical Opera Baroque Orchestra Basel Symphony Orchestra Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Bavarian State Opera (Munich) Berlin Philharmonic Berlin Staatskapelle Boston Pops Orchestra Boston Symphony Orchestra Canadian Opera Company (Toronto) Chicago Sinfonietta Chicago Symphony Orchestra City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra City of London Sinfonia Cleveland Orchestra Collegium Musicum Czech Philharmonic Dallas Symphony Orchestra Dunedin Consort Dutch National Opera (Amsterdam) English Baroque Soloists English National Opera (London) English Touring Opera Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra German Symphony Orchestra Greek National Opera (Kallithea Municipality) Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra I Musici Icebreaker Imani Winds Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra International Contemporary Ensemble Isabelle et Florence Lafitte Kaunas State Choir Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Konzerthausorchester Berlin London Mozart Players London Philharmonic Choir London Philharmonic Orchestra London String Quartet London Symphony Orchestra (Barbican Centre) Lotus Lyric Opera of Chicago Mahler Chamber Orchestra Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Metropolitan Opera (New York City) Minnesota Opera (Minneapolis) Minnesota Orchestra (Minneapolis) Monteverdi Choir Montreal Symphony Orchestra MusikFabrik National Opera Studio National Symphony Orchestra (Washington, D.C.) National Youth Choir of Scotland New World Symphony (Miami Beach) New York Philharmonic Orchestra Oakland Symphony Opera Holland Park (Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea) Opera North (Leeds) Opera Philadelphia Oratorio Society of New York Orchestre de Paris Oregon Symphony Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (New York City) Oxford Bach Choir Pacific MusicWorks Pacific Opera Park Avenue Chamber Symphony Philadelphia Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Portland Opera Prague Philharmonia Queensland Symphony Orchestra Red Note Ensemble Richmond Symphony Orchestra Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra (Monroe County) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Royal Scottish National Orchestra San Antonio Symphony San Francisco Opera San Francisco Symphony Santa Fe Opera Scottish Chamber Orchestra Seattle Symphony Seraphic Fire Shanghai Symphony Orchestra Silk Road Project Sinfonia of London Solem Quartet Spektral Quartet Spokane Symphony Sydney Symphony Orchestra Takács Quartet Tenebrae Toronto Mendelssohn Choir Toronto Symphony Orchestra Ulysses Utah Symphony Vancouver Opera Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Vienna State Opera house (Innere Stadt) Virginia Symphony Orchestra Volti Welsh National Opera (Cardiff)
Opera houses, Concert halls & Festivals (37)
Alexander Hall (New Jersey) Alice Tully Hall (Manhattan) BBC Proms (London) Carnegie Hall (Manhattan) Concertgebouw (Amsterdam) David Geffen Hall (Upper West Side) Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht Festival de Lanaudière Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts (Toronto) Gran Teatre del Liceu (El Raval) Grimeborn (East London) Hollywood Bowl (Los Angeles) International Beethoven Festival Bonn Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (Manhattan) Lucerne Festival Nevill Holt Opera (Leicestershire) Notre-Dame de Paris (Quartier Notre-Dame) Ojai Music Festival (California) Olympia (9th arrondissement of Paris) Opera Theatre of Saint Louis (St. Louis) Oregon Bach Festival (Eugene) Pacific Opera Victoria Perth Concert Hall (City of Perth) Purcell Room (London Borough of Lambeth) Royal Albert Hall (City of Westminster) Royal Conservatory of Brussels (City of Brussels) Royal Festival Hall (London Borough of Lambeth) Royal Opera House (City of Westminster) Salzburg Festival Smith's Opera House (Geneva) Symphony Center (Chicago) Tanglewood (Lenox) Teatro Real (Palacio) Teatro Regio (Turin) Verbier Festival Walt Disney Concert Hall (Los Angeles) Wigmore Hall (City of Westminster)