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2014 web medias retrospective
Who are the 10 artists, composers and performers most present in the web media in 2014, in the press and blogs combined? Which orchestras and venues have received the most media exposure? And the others, those who also count on the classical music stage, even if they are perhaps less mentioned?
What are the best advances compared to 2013, including perhaps the great talents to come? What are these rising performers, those who are progressing year after year?
Here are those who have made the news in classical music and opera in 2014, the most cited in articles and posts, the most popular in the writings of those who listen and review the new releases, attend performances, interview the performers, make us rediscover a little-known work, retrace a venue's history or share a composer's biography. Behind these rankings are current and future trends.
The 50 most popular alive performers and composers
including artists dead this year (2014)
# | Artists | 2014 | 2014/13 | ||
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1. | Daniel Barenboim | | |||
2. | Claudio Abbado | | + 16 | ||
3. | Anna Netrebko | | |||
4. | Jonas Kaufmann | | |||
5. | Simon Rattle | | |||
6. | Andris Nelsons | | + 9 | ||
7. | Joyce DiDonato | | + 1 | ||
8. | James Levine | | + 3 | ||
9. | Martha Argerich | | + 5 | ||
10. | Lorin Maazel | | + 26 |
# | Artists | 2014 | 2014/13 | ||
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11. | Riccardo Muti | | + 22 | ||
Valery Gergiev | | - 6 | |||
Angela Gheorghiu | | - 11 | |||
Julia Fischer | | + 3 | |||
Pierre Boulez | | - 8 | |||
Gustavo Dudamel | | - 4 | |||
Michael Tilson Thomas | | + 5 | |||
Renée Fleming | | - 5 | |||
Harrison Birtwistle | | + 16 | |||
Bernard Haitink | | + 20 |
# | Artists | 2014 | 2014/13 | ||
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21. | Cecilia Bartoli | | + 50 | ||
Atlan Karp | | + 52 | |||
Steve Reich | | - 14 | |||
Christopher Hogwood | | ||||
Esa-Pekka Salonen | | - 2 | |||
Zubin Mehta | | + 11 | |||
John Eliot Gardiner | | - 1 | |||
John Harbison | | + 41 | |||
Jake Heggie | | ||||
Franz Welser-Möst | |
# | Artists | 2014 | 2014/13 | ||
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31. | Riccardo Chailly | | - 3 | ||
Philip Glass | | - 5 | |||
John Adams | | + 23 | |||
Anne-Sophie Mutter | | + 4 | |||
Hilary Hahn | | - 15 | |||
Bryn Terfel | | - 12 | |||
Itzhak Perlman | | + 8 | |||
Vladimir Jurowski | | - 8 | |||
Kenji Bunch | | + 3 | |||
Leonard Slatkin | |
# | Artists | 2014 | 2014/13 | ||
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41. | Thomas Hampson | | - 12 | ||
Valentina Lisitsa | | + 59 | |||
Matthias Goerne | | + 7 | |||
Yo-Yo Ma | | + 36 | |||
Arvo Pärt | | - 14 | |||
Kent Nagano | | + 9 | |||
Kirill Gerstein | | ||||
Antonio Pappano | | - 38 | |||
Joshua Bell | | ||||
Nikolaus Harnoncourt | |
Variations are appreciated regarding the previous year.
The 50 most popular composers and performers
For the greatest composers and performers below, major variations can be due to special commemorations (centenaries...). [+]
# | Artists | 2014 | 2014/13 | ||
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1. | Ludwig van Beethoven | | + 2 | ||
2. | Johann Sebastian Bach | | |||
3. | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | | - 2 | ||
4. | Gustav Mahler | | + 4 | ||
5. | Johannes Brahms | | + 1 | ||
6. | Franz Schubert | | + 3 | ||
7. | Joseph Haydn | | + 5 | ||
8. | Richard Wagner | | - 3 | ||
9. | Robert Schumann | | + 2 | ||
10. | George Frideric Handel | | + 3 |
# | Artists | 2014 | 2014/13 | ||
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11. | Frédéric Chopin | | + 6 | ||
Giuseppe Verdi | | - 5 | |||
Benjamin Britten | | - 9 | |||
Sergei Rachmaninoff | | ||||
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | | ||||
Felix Mendelssohn | | + 5 | |||
Dmitri Shostakovich | | - 1 | |||
Claude Debussy | | ||||
Maurice Ravel | | + 1 | |||
Leonard Bernstein | | - 1 |
# | Artists | 2014 | 2014/13 | ||
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21. | Franz Liszt | | + 1 | ||
Florent Schmitt | | + 2 | |||
Igor Stravinsky | | - 13 | |||
Antonio Vivaldi | | - 1 | |||
Edward Elgar | | + 14 | |||
Gioachino Rossini | | + 6 | |||
Giacomo Puccini | | + 4 | |||
Ralph Vaughan Williams | | + 12 | |||
Sergei Prokofiev | | - 1 | |||
Jean Sibelius | | + 3 |
# | Artists | 2014 | 2014/13 | ||
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31. | Herbert von Karajan | | + 16 | ||
Samuel Barber | | + 13 | |||
Richard Strauss | | + 19 | |||
Arnold Schoenberg | | - 9 | |||
Aaron Copland | | + 6 | |||
Jean-Philippe Rameau | | + 34 | |||
Edvard Grieg | | + 36 | |||
Olivier Messiaen | | + 22 | |||
James Levine | | + 3 | |||
George Gershwin | | - 10 |
# | Artists | 2014 | 2014/13 | ||
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41. | Camille Saint-Saëns | | + 7 | ||
Hector Berlioz | | - 6 | |||
Anton Bruckner | | - 17 | |||
William Shakespeare | | - 6 | |||
Francis Poulenc | | - 1 | |||
Alban Berg | | - 12 | |||
Glenn Gould | | - 20 | |||
Pierre Boulez | | - 11 | |||
Henry Purcell | | + 1 | |||
Antonín Dvořák | | + 27 |
An exclusive analysis based on the press articles and blog posts indexed by soclassiq.
2010 . . . 2014
48000+ articles & posts (EN)
The 30 most popular orchestras and ensembles
including opera companies
# | Orchestras | 2014 | 2014/13 | |
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1. | Metropolitan Opera | | ||
2. | Atlanta Symphony Orchestra | | ||
3. | Madison Symphony Orchestra | | + 2 | |
4. | Berlin Philharmonic | | ||
5. | New York Philharmonic Orchestra | | + 3 | |
6. | London Symphony Orchestra | | - 4 | |
7. | Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra | | ||
8. | Madison Opera | | + 7 | |
9. | Pro Arte Quartet | | + 29 | |
10. | San Francisco Symphony | | - 7 |
# | Orchestras | 2014 | 2014/13 | |
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11. | Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra | | + 11 | |
Cleveland Orchestra | | + 12 | ||
Tokyo Symphony Orchestra | | + 6 | ||
Chicago Symphony Orchestra | | - 3 | ||
Minnesota Orchestra | | - 9 | ||
San Francisco Opera | | + 13 | ||
London Philharmonic Orchestra | | - 8 | ||
Montreal Symphony Orchestra | | + 5 | ||
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra | | - 6 | ||
New World Symphony | | + 14 |
# | Orchestras | 2014 | 2014/13 | |
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21. | Les Arts Florissants | | - 3 | |
Philharmonia Orchestra | | - 1 | ||
Boston Symphony Orchestra | | + 3 | ||
Philadelphia Orchestra | | - 14 | ||
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | | - 11 | ||
San Diego Opera | | |||
English National Opera | | - 7 | ||
New York City Opera | | - 16 | ||
Toronto Symphony Orchestra | | + 11 | ||
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra | | + 15 |
The 30 most popular venues
# | Venues | 2014 | 2014/13 | ||
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1. | BBC Proms (London) | Festival | | ||
2. | Carnegie Hall (Manhattan) | Concert hall | | + 1 | |
3. | Concertgebouw (Amsterdam) | Concert hall | | + 5 | |
4. | Vienna State Opera house (Innere Stadt) | Opera house | | + 1 | |
5. | Royal Albert Hall (City of Westminster) | Concert hall | | - 3 | |
6. | La Scala (Milan) | Opera house | | + 3 | |
7. | Wigmore Hall (City of Westminster) | Concert hall | | - 1 | |
8. | Bayreuth Festival | Festival | | - 4 | |
9. | Royal Opera House (City of Westminster) | Opera house | | - 2 | |
10. | Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht | Festival | | + 3 |
# | Venues | 2014 | 2014/13 | ||
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11. | Wisconsin Union Theater (Madison) | Concert hall | | + 7 | |
David Geffen Hall (Upper West Side) | Concert hall | | + 2 | ||
Royal Festival Hall (London Borough of Lambeth) | Concert hall | | - 3 | ||
Gewandhaus (Zentrum) | Concert hall | | + 11 | ||
Tanglewood (Lenox) | Festival | | + 6 | ||
Lucerne Festival | Festival | | + 33 | ||
Mariinsky Theatre (Saint Petersburg) | Opera house | | - 6 | ||
Salzburg Festival | Festival | | - 6 | ||
Salle Pleyel (8th arrondissement of Paris) | Concert hall | | + 8 | ||
Bolshoi Theatre (Tverskoy District) | Opera house | | - 3 |
# | Venues | 2014 | 2014/13 | ||
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21. | Teatro Real (Palacio) | Opera house | | + 3 | |
Deutsche Oper Berlin (Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf) | Opera house | | + 6 | ||
Bowery Ballroom (Manhattan) | Concert hall | | + 19 | ||
Queen Elizabeth Hall (London Borough of Lambeth) | Concert hall | | - 8 | ||
Roy Thomson Hall (Toronto) | Concert hall | | - 3 | ||
Jordan Hall (Boston) | Concert hall | | |||
Three Choirs Festival (Gloucester) | Festival | | + 17 | ||
Teatro Regio (Turin) | Opera house | | + 12 | ||
Musikverein (Innere Stadt) | Concert hall | | + 8 | ||
Knitting Factory (Manhattan) | Concert hall | |
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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 rankings are not the result of personal preferences or artistic opinions.
These are the best results to date. Further improvements to the algorithm may have an impact on the rankings.
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