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2021 web medias retrospective
Who are the 10 artists, composers and performers most present in the web media in 2021, 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 2020, 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 2021, 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 (2021)
# | Artists | 2021 | 2021/20 | ||
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1. | Simon Rattle | | + 2 | ||
2. | James MacMillan | | + 9 | ||
3. | James Levine | | + 12 | ||
4. | Yannick Nézet-Séguin | | + 4 | ||
5. | Esa-Pekka Salonen | | + 9 | ||
6. | John Eliot Gardiner | | + 3 | ||
7. | Riccardo Muti | | + 24 | ||
8. | Bernard Haitink | | + 16 | ||
9. | Aaron P. Dworkin | | - 2 | ||
10. | Helen Charlston | | + 64 |
# | Artists | 2021 | 2021/20 | ||
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11. | Simon Lepper | | |||
Stephen Sondheim | | + 73 | |||
Gustavo Dudamel | | + 8 | |||
Vladimir Jurowski | | + 26 | |||
Antonio Pappano | | + 26 | |||
Lucy Crowe | | + 55 | |||
Sheku Kanneh-Mason | | - 11 | |||
Hilary Hahn | | + 5 | |||
Michael Tilson Thomas | | - 2 | |||
Rachel Podger | |
# | Artists | 2021 | 2021/20 | ||
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21. | Steve Reich | | + 36 | ||
Jonas Kaufmann | | - 18 | |||
Steven Isserlis | | + 52 | |||
Anna Netrebko | | - 11 | |||
Martha Argerich | | - 7 | |||
Mark Wigglesworth | | ||||
Daniel Barenboim | | - 26 | |||
James Gilchrist | | ||||
Nicola Benedetti | | - 13 | |||
Eleanor Alberga | |
# | Artists | 2021 | 2021/20 | ||
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31. | Colin Currie | | |||
Toby Spence | | - 13 | |||
Marin Alsop | | ||||
Randall Goosby | | ||||
Thomas Adès | | - 30 | |||
Cheryl Frances-Hoad | | - 1 | |||
Howard Shore | | ||||
Renée Fleming | | - 18 | |||
Julius Drake | | ||||
Julien Van Mellaerts | |
# | Artists | 2021 | 2021/20 | ||
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41. | Judith Weir | | |||
Rafael Payare | | ||||
Sarah Connolly | | ||||
Carolyn Sampson | | ||||
Kent Nagano | | + 51 | |||
Pinchas Zuckerman | | ||||
Lise Davidsen | | - 20 | |||
Julia Fischer | | - 26 | |||
Donald Maxwell | | ||||
Itzhak Perlman | | - 16 |
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 | 2021 | 2021/20 | ||
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1. | Johann Sebastian Bach | | + 1 | ||
2. | Ludwig van Beethoven | | - 1 | ||
3. | George Frideric Handel | | + 1 | ||
4. | Johannes Brahms | | + 4 | ||
5. | Franz Schubert | | + 2 | ||
6. | Robert Schumann | | + 4 | ||
7. | Gustav Mahler | | - 1 | ||
8. | Benjamin Britten | | + 1 | ||
9. | Joseph Haydn | | + 2 | ||
10. | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | | + 3 |
# | Artists | 2021 | 2021/20 | ||
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11. | Giuseppe Verdi | | + 3 | ||
Frédéric Chopin | | + 3 | |||
Maurice Ravel | | + 3 | |||
Henry Purcell | | + 9 | |||
Dmitri Shostakovich | | + 3 | |||
Felix Mendelssohn | | - 4 | |||
Igor Stravinsky | | + 2 | |||
Giacomo Puccini | | + 17 | |||
Claude Debussy | | - 2 | |||
Sergei Rachmaninoff | | + 5 |
# | Artists | 2021 | 2021/20 | ||
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21. | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | | - 18 | ||
William Grant Still | | + 29 | |||
Kurt Weill | | + 31 | |||
Franz Liszt | | ||||
Gioachino Rossini | | + 14 | |||
Samuel Barber | | + 12 | |||
Astor Piazzolla | | + 57 | |||
Edward Elgar | | - 6 | |||
Antonio Vivaldi | | - 8 | |||
Herbert von Karajan | | + 33 |
# | Artists | 2021 | 2021/20 | ||
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31. | Jean Sibelius | | - 4 | ||
Leonard Bernstein | | + 2 | |||
Francis Poulenc | | - 4 | |||
Chevalier de Saint-Georges | | - 3 | |||
Richard Strauss | | + 8 | |||
Ralph Vaughan Williams | | + 4 | |||
Arnold Schoenberg | | - 4 | |||
Gaetano Donizetti | | + 24 | |||
Glenn Gould | | - 3 | |||
Sergei Prokofiev | | - 20 |
# | Artists | 2021 | 2021/20 | ||
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41. | Christoph Willibald von Gluck | | + 1 | ||
Aaron Copland | | - 10 | |||
Claudio Monteverdi | | + 4 | |||
Yehudi Menuhin | | - 7 | |||
Paul Hindemith | | + 44 | |||
Richard Wagner | | - 41 | |||
Anton Bruckner | | + 2 | |||
Olivier Messiaen | | + 9 | |||
Hector Berlioz | | - 1 | |||
Béla Bartók | | + 42 |
An exclusive analysis based on the press articles and blog posts indexed by soclassiq.
2017 . . . 2021
140000+ articles & posts (EN)
The 30 most popular orchestras and ensembles
including opera companies
# | Orchestras | 2021 | 2021/20 | |
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1. | Metropolitan Opera | | ||
2. | London Symphony Orchestra | | ||
3. | Opera Holland Park | | + 16 | |
4. | London Philharmonic Orchestra | | ||
5. | San Francisco Symphony | | ||
6. | Northern Sinfonia | | + 34 | |
7. | City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra | | + 1 | |
8. | Chicago Symphony Orchestra | | + 22 | |
9. | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | | - 2 | |
10. | Opera North | |
# | Orchestras | 2021 | 2021/20 | |
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11. | Berlin Philharmonic | | + 1 | |
San Francisco Opera | | - 3 | ||
New York Philharmonic Orchestra | | - 10 | ||
Philadelphia Orchestra | | - 4 | ||
Vienna State Opera house | | |||
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra | | - 5 | ||
Montreal Symphony Orchestra | | + 15 | ||
Sydney Symphony Orchestra | | + 40 | ||
Cleveland Orchestra | | + 17 | ||
English National Opera | | - 6 |
# | Orchestras | 2021 | 2021/20 | |
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21. | Seattle Opera | | ||
Baroque Orchestra | | |||
Deutsche Oper Berlin | | |||
Minnesota Orchestra | | - 9 | ||
Grange Park Opera | | - 7 | ||
Scottish Chamber Orchestra | | + 15 | ||
BBC Symphony Orchestra | | - 14 | ||
English Touring Opera | | - 5 | ||
Pacific Symphony | | - 1 | ||
Boston Symphony Orchestra | | - 10 |
The 30 most popular venues
# | Venues | 2021 | 2021/20 | ||
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1. | BBC Proms (London) | Festival | | + 1 | |
2. | Wigmore Hall (City of Westminster) | Concert hall | | - 1 | |
3. | Royal Albert Hall (City of Westminster) | Concert hall | | + 3 | |
4. | Royal Opera House (City of Westminster) | Opera house | | + 1 | |
5. | Carnegie Hall (Manhattan) | Concert hall | | - 1 | |
6. | Concertgebouw (Amsterdam) | Concert hall | | + 3 | |
7. | La Scala (Milan) | Opera house | | + 3 | |
8. | Gran Teatre del Liceu (El Raval) | Opera house | | + 14 | |
9. | Grimeborn (East London) | Festival | | ||
10. | Nevill Holt Opera (Leicestershire) | Festival | |
# | Venues | 2021 | 2021/20 | ||
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11. | Sage Gateshead | Concert hall | | + 48 | |
Tanglewood (Lenox) | Festival | | + 3 | ||
Salzburg Festival | Festival | | + 1 | ||
Bolshoi Theatre (Tverskoy District) | Opera house | | - 2 | ||
Royal Festival Hall (London Borough of Lambeth) | Concert hall | | - 2 | ||
Handel Festival (Halle (Saale)) | Festival | | + 22 | ||
Cadogan Hall (Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea) | Concert hall | | + 10 | ||
London Handel Festival | Festival | | + 36 | ||
Longborough Festival Opera | Opera house | | |||
Hollywood Bowl (Los Angeles) | Concert hall | | - 3 |
# | Venues | 2021 | 2021/20 | ||
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21. | Edinburgh International Festival (City of Edinburgh) | Festival | | ||
Blackheath Halls (Royal Borough of Greenwich) | Concert hall | | + 3 | ||
Lucerne Festival | Festival | | |||
Walt Disney Concert Hall (Los Angeles) | Concert hall | | - 13 | ||
Buxton Festival | Festival | | |||
Zürich Opera House | Opera house | | |||
Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht | Festival | | + 21 | ||
Verbier Festival | Festival | | + 33 | ||
Mariinsky Theatre (Saint Petersburg) | Opera house | | - 6 | ||
Snape Maltings | Concert hall | | + 5 |
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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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