News topics of the month - August 2014
Every month, soclassiq analyses the web media for you and identifies those who have made the news. Here are the results for August 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.
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.
August 2014
Composers, Conductors, Performers & Lyrical singers (908)
Claudio Abbado Emma Abbott Ildar Abdrazakov John Luther Adams John Adams Guido Adler Johann Adolf Scheibe Thomas Adès Roberto Alagna Licia Albanese Tomaso Albinoni John Alden Carpenter Louise Alder Ulysse Alexandre Toussaint Richard Allison Thorleif Allum Till Ally Marin Alsop William Alwyn Julián Andino Louis Andriessen Ruth Ann Swenson Jon Appleton Francisco Correa de Araujo Jean-Baptiste Arban Frederic Archer Alessio Arduini Dominick Argento Martha Argerich Malcolm Arnold Stefan Asbury Lola Astanova José Avelino Canongia Avi Avital John Axelrod Richard Ayres Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Johann Sebastian Bach Alfred Bachelet Jenny Bae Janet Baker Neal Banerjee Samuel Barber Daniel Barenboim Clarence Barlow Rutland Barrington Fleur Barron Cecilia Bartoli Jamie Barton Béla Bartók Vicente Basset Mason Bates Lisa Batiashvili Thomas Willert Beale Liza Beamish John Beard Martin Beaver Hugo Becker Jacques Beers Ludwig van Beethoven Joshua Bell Vincenzo Bellini Paul Bender Cathy Berberian Alban Berg Erik Bergman Carlo Bergonzi Luciano Berio Hector Berlioz Lazar Berman Jeni Bern Andrea Bernasconi Leonard Bernstein Walter Berry Marco Berti Alice Bigelow Tully Elizabeth Billington Malcolm Bilson Harrison Birtwistle Diane Bish Jonathan Biss Georges Bizet Helena Blagne James A. Bland Robin Blaze Ernest Bloch Herbert Blomstedt Thomas Blondelle Thomas Blunt Ivor Bolton Anna Bonitatibus Barbara Bonney Richard Bonynge Klaas Boon Kim Borg Victor Borge Carlo Bosi Ian Bostridge Nadia Boulanger Pierre Boulez Paul Bowles Douglas Boyd Ian Boyer Martyn Brabbins Sally Bradshaw Johannes Brahms Henry Brant Adrian Brendel Alfred Brendel Joseph Brent Émile Bret Christine Brewer Frank Bridge Benjamin Britten Lucy Broadwood Yefim Bronfman Arthur Brooke Max Bruch Anton Bruckner Ernest Bryson Frans Brüggen Kenji Bunch Khatia Buniatishvili Johan Friedrich Bunte William Burden Karla Burns James Burton Bernard de Bury Fritz Busch Clara Butt George Butterworth Thomas Butts Semyon Bychkov Anner Bylsma William Byrd Karl Böhm Montserrat Caballé John Cage Antonio Caldara Maria Callas Leonardo Capalbo Cornelius Cardew Antonio Francesco Carli David Carlson Harry Carroll Elliott Carter Enrico Caruso John Oscar Casey Alfredo Catalani Michael Cavendish Howard Chamberlain Janice Chapman Marc-Antoine Charpentier John Cheek John Chest Unsuk Chin Frédéric Chopin William Christie Tung-Chieh Chuang Myung-whun Chung Jeremiah Clarke Frederic Clay Allan Clayton Thomas Clayton Stephen Cleobury Van Cliburn Dan Coleman Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Nicholas Collon Larry Combs James Conlon Sarah Connolly Ben Connor Anaïs Constans Imogen Cooper Alice Coote Aaron Copland William Corbett Alfredo Corda John Corigliano Stephen Costello François Couperin William Croft Howard Crook Lucy Crowe Maud Cuney Hare Philippe Cuper Carl Czerny José van Dam Inger Dam-Jensen Leopold Damrosch David Daniels Ottavio Dantone Lionel Daunais Dennis Russell Davies Peter Maxwell Davies Iestyn Davies Andrew Davis Claude Debussy Léo Delibes Frederick Delius Jeremy Denk Cristina Deutekom Joyce DiDonato Arne Dich Emily Dickens Clarence Dickinson Stephen Dickson Goran Dime Arnold Dolmetsch Plácido Domingo Gaetano Donizetti Tashi Dorje Julius Drake Charles Draper Riccardo Drigo Stanley Drucker Cecil Duane Crabb Gustavo Dudamel Denis Dufour Tan Dun Susan Dunn Henri Duparc Maurice Duruflé Henri Dutilleux Charles Dutoit Lawrence Dutton Denise Duval Antonín Dvořák Quý Dương Jane Eaglen Osborne Edmundson Julian Edwards Ludovico Einaudi Edward Elgar Lucia Elizabeth Vestris Albert Ellmenreich Henry Ely George Enescu Tara Erraught Christoph Eschenbach Mahan Esfahani Michele Esposito Jackie Evancho Lemuel C Everett Péter Eötvös Michael Fabiano Manuel de Falla Daniela Fally Barbara Fei Jennifer Feinstein Morton Feldman Miguel Teodoro Ferreira Baldassare Ferri Elaine Fine Irving Fine Marshall Fine Julia Fischer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Leon Fleisher Renée Fleming C. Roland Flick Nikolay Sergeevitsj Fokin Julian Fontana Judith Forst Grete Forst Amanda Forsythe Florence Foster Jenkins Edwin Franko Goldman Jean Françaix Isadore Freed Daryl Freedman Bettina Freeman Mirella Freni Joan Fresco Pia Freund Anett Fritsch Johannes Fritsch Wilhelm Furtwängler Sabina Gagliardi Manuel del García John Eliot Gardiner Samuel Gardner Karina Gauvin Véronique Gens Lola Gere Valery Gergiev Christian Gerhaher Alfredo Germont George Gershwin Kirill Gerstein Carlo Gesualdo Angela Gheorghiu Orlando Gibbons Alexander Gibson Patrick Gilmore Alberto Ginastera Frances Ginsberg Ivry Gitlis Philip Glass Mikhail Glinka Christoph Willibald von Gluck Reinhard Goebel Christine Goerke Emile Goldner Mikhail Goldstein Richard Goode Andrew Goodwin Glenn Gould Charles Goulding Charles Gounod Gary Graffman Susan Graham Percy Grainger Maurice Greene Alexander Gretchaninov Edvard Grieg Hélène Grimaud Susan Gritton Ludwik Grossman Benjamin Grosvenor Carlos Guastavino Ekaterina Gubanova Matthew Guerrieri Friedrich Gulda Nathan Gunn Ivor Gurney Alfred d' Hack Hilary Hahn Bernard Haitink Richard Hale Charles Hallé Marc-André Hamelin George F. Hamer Thomas Hampson George Frideric Handel W. C. Handy Howard Hanson John Harbison Daniel Harding Katie Harman Nikolaus Harnoncourt Jeffrey Michael Harrington Roy Harris Jonathan Harvey Clara Haskil Joseph Haydn Catherine Hayes Charles Hazlewood John Clifford Heed Karl Helm Skitch Henderson Pablo Heras-Casado Katharina Herb Jennifer Higdon Paul Hindemith Ann Hobson Pilot Roman Hoffstetter Hendrik Hofmeyr Michael Hofstetter Ernest Hogan Lee Hoiby Joseph Holbrooke Henry Holden Huss John Holiday Heinz Holliger Eugene Holmes Gustav Holst Wolfgang Holzmair Arthur Honegger Daniel Hope Joshua Hopkins Lisa Hopkins Vladimir Horowitz James Newton Howard Robert A. Hudson Pelham Humfrey Engelbert Humperdinck Karel Husa Bryan Hymel Jacques Ibert Bergliot Ibsen Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Steven Isserlis Charles Ives Ildikó Iván Edmund J. Pendleton Eric Jacobsen Ermonela Jaho Allan James Foley Janine Jansen Leoš Janáček Darren Jeffery Dalibor Jenis Karl Jenkins Kenneth Jennings Adolf Jensen Stephen Johns Andrew Johnston Scott Joplin Leila Josefowicz Antonio José Vladimir Jurowski Neeme Järvi Paavo Järvi Edouard Kann Herbert von Karajan Daveda Karanas Christiane Karg Atlan Karp Jonas Kaufmann Simon Keenlyside Aram Khachaturian Dmitry Khvorostovsky Clark Kimberling Evgeny Kissin Erich Kleiber Carlos Kleiber Otto Klemperer Václav Kliment Justin Heinrich Knecht Franz Kneisel Oliver Knussen Anu Komsi Tomasz Konieczny Zygmunt Konieczny Hidemaro Konoye Patricia Kopatchinskaja Erich Wolfgang Korngold Rodolphe Kreutzer György Kurtág Dominique Labelle Frederick St. John Lacy James Laing Dane Lam Carles Lama Jeanne Lamon Sarah Lancaster Johann Lander Christina Landshamer Lang Lang Nicholas Lanier Tessa Lark Susan Larson Lars-Erik Larsson Anna Larsson Orlande de Lassus François Lays Sasha Lazard Jean-Marie Leclair Philip Legge Michel Legrand Lotte Lehmann Jón Leifs Marie-Nicole Lemieux Laura Lemon Gustav Leonhardt Abbé Louis Lepage Robert Levin James Levine Igor Levit Ernst Levy Liberace Henry Lichfield György Ligeti Jenny Lind Magnus Lindberg Jaap ter Linden Valentina Lisitsa Linda Lister Franz Liszt George Lloyd Keith Lockhart Edward Loos Felicity Lott Antonio Lotti Ivan Ludlow Melchiorre Luise Jean-Baptiste Lully Radu Lupu Witold Lutosławski Yo-Yo Ma Lorin Maazel Edward MacDowell James MacMillan Steven Mackey Neil Mackie Charles Macpherson James Cartwright Macy Gustav Mahler Xavier de Maistre Amanda Majeski Nikolai Malko Mallory Otto Manasse Paul Mania Michael Mann Horace Mansion Luis Manuel Molina Andrew Manze Alessandro Marcello Wynton Marsalis Malcolm Martineau Marianna von Martines Pietro Mascagni Florentio Maschera Benedict Mason Jules Massenet Kurt Masur Emma Matthews Colin Matthews Karita Mattila Donald Maxwell Albrecht Mayer Nicholas McGegan Ali McGregor Peter McLeod Tim Mead Angela Meade Bejun Mehta Zubin Mehta Waltraud Meier Francesco Meli Felix Mendelssohn Yehudi Menuhin Dominique Merlet André Messager Olivier Messiaen Giacomo Meyerbeer Darius Milhaud Karl Mille Ronnita Miller Kate Miller-Heidke Jonathan Mills Sherrill Milnes Marc Minkowski Yvonne Minton Leona Mitchell Florian Mock Meredith Monk Gabriela Montero Claudio Monteverdi Daniel Moody Joseph Moog Thomas Moore Cristóbal de Morales Louis Moreau Gottschalk Thomas Morley James Morris Hannah Morrison Jean-Joseph Mouret Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Geraldine Mucha Karl Muck Richard Mudge David Munrow Riccardo Muti Anne-Sophie Mutter Stanley Myers Richard Mühlfeld Hanno Müller-Brachmann Valentina Naforniță Kent Nagano Sebastiano Nasolini Yves Nat Hans-Martin Nau Homer Nearing Boyd Neel Andris Nelsons Anna Netrebko Smith Newell Penfield Agnes Nicholls Eric Paul Nichols Carl Nielsen Birgit Nilsson Frederic Norton Gianandrea Noseda Evelin Novak Yannick Nézet-Séguin Kelley O'Connor Jacques Offenbach Garrick Ohlsson David Oistrakh Guadalupe Olmedo Ole Olsen Sakari Oramo Lambert Orkis Diego Ortiz Cristina Ortiz John Osborn Steven Osborne George Alexander Osborne Tadaaki Otaka Seiji Ozawa Johann Pachelbel Niccolò Paganini Giovanni da Palestrina Andrzej Panufnik Roxanna Panufnik Jorma Panula Antonio Pappano Joanna Parisi Hubert Parry Gian Luca Pasolini Bruno Pasquier Tyrone Paterson Frank Patterson Luciano Pavarotti Rafael Payare Francis Peacock Peter Pears William Pell Laurent Pelly Arthur A. Penn Francesco Pennisi Murray Perahia Thomas Pereira Charles Callahan Perkins Mark Peskanov Vasily Petrenko Kirill Petrenko Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky Dora de Phillippe Astor Piazzolla Tobias Picker Jane Pickering Francesco Piemontesi George Pinto Luca Pisaroni Mikhail Pletnev Jean-Marie Plum Ferdinand Poise Lew Pollack Maurizio Pollini David Pomeroy Michel Portal Cole Porter Francis Poulenc Michael Praetorius Simon Preston André Previn Hermann Prey Leontyne Price Sonia Prina John Pritchard Sergei Prokofiev Frank Proto Marina Prudenskaya Giacomo Puccini Henry Purcell Roman Rabinovich Walter Rabl Patricia Racette Sergei Rachmaninoff Sondra Radvanovsky Brenda Rae Jean-Philippe Rameau Samuel Ramey Melba Ramos Leslie Rands George Ratcliffe Woodward Simon Rattle Maurice Ravel Jean-Féry Rebel Johannes Regis Steve Reich Dilermando Reis Lucienne Renaudin Vary Vadim Repin Ottorino Respighi Roger Reynolds Christine Rice Sviatoslav Richter Rodrigo Riera Ferdinand Ries André Rieu Wolfgang Rihm Terry Riley Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Graciela Rivera Gaston Rivero David Robertson Alfred George Robyn Richard Rodgers Richard Rodney Bennett Jean Rondeau Ned Rorem Charles Rosen Gioachino Rossini Daniel Roth Anthony Roth Costanzo Hans Rott Christopher Rouse Kareem Roustom Alec Rowley Kate Royal Arthur Rubinstein Consuelo Rubio Julius Rudel Lenneke Ruiten Valerian Ruminski Henrik Rung Donald Runnicles John Rutter Leonie Rysanek Camille Saint-Saëns António Saiote Hideo Saito Antonio Salieri Esa-Pekka Salonen Celina Sampaio Carol Sams Herbert Sanders Greg Sandow Nello Santi Fortunato Santini Pablo de Sarasate Erik Satie William Savage Jordi Savall Lea Sawyers F. Scaramuzza Domenico Scarlatti Pierre Schaeffer R. Murray Schafer Samuel Scheidt András Schiff Thomas Schippers Franz Schmidt Florent Schmitt Alfred Schnittke Arnold Schoenberg Hermann L. Schreiner Hermann Schroeder Franz Schubert William Schuman Clara Schumann Robert Schumann Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Heinrich Schütz Renata Scotto Alexander Scriabin Peter Sculthorpe Leif Segerstam Julio Segni Rudolf Serkin Elaine Shaffer Albina Shagimuratova Gil Shaham Shira Shaked William Shakespeare Michael Jeffrey Shapiro Chad Shelton Bright Sheng Arthur Shepherd Brindley Sherratt Frank Shipway Howard Shore Dmitri Shostakovich Jean Sibelius Gerhard Siegel Beverly Sills Ezra Sims Bernard Sinclair Stuart Skelton Myroslav Skoryk Baiba Skride Leonard Slatkin Bedřich Smetana Hopkinson Smith David Soar Doris Soffel Georg Solti Stephen Sondheim Fernando Sor Elena Souliotis Vassil Spassov Toby Spence Louis Spohr Anton Stadler Charles Villiers Stanford Ilia Staple Andrew Staples Ethel Stark Victor Henri Staub Horst Stein Fritz Steinbach Maximilian Steinberg Max Steiner Nina Stemme Rudi Stephan Andrew B. Sterling Isaac Stern Risë Stevens John Stevenson Karlheinz Stockhausen Leopold Stokowski David Stoll John Storgårds Kemble Stout Krassimira Stoyanova Richard Strauss Igor Stravinsky Nannette Streicher Giuseppina Strepponi Josef Suk Arthur Sullivan Hilary Summers Franz Supper Joan Sutherland Shin'ichi Suzuki William Sweeney George Szell Karol Szymanowski Thomas Søndergård Bent Sørensen Richard T. Gill Klára Takács Robert Talbot Marion Talley Thomas Tallis Conrad Tao André Tchaikowsky Renata Tebaldi Georg Philipp Telemann Yuri Temirkanov Dan Tepfer Bryn Terfel Lyndon Terracini Christian Tetzlaff Alexandre Tharaud Jean-Yves Thibaudet Christian Thielemann Virgil Thomson Camilla Tilling Michael Tilson Thomas Michael Tippett Mads Tolling Vincenzo Tommasini Jack Topping Arturo Toscanini Tommaso Traetta Richard Tucker Eva Turner Dawn Upshaw Vanessa Vanessa-Mae Ivo Varbanov Ramón Vargas Ralph Vaughan Williams Maxim Vengerov Giuseppe Verdi Stephan Vermeersch Rinaldo Viana Jon Vickers Heitor Villa-Lobos Georges Villain Rolando Villazón Pierre de Villiers Giacomo Vincenti Antonio Vivaldi Gustave Vogt Lars Vogt Deborah Voigt Ilan Volkov Bogdan Volkov Giovanni Battista Volpe Hans Vonk Tamás Vásáry Edo de Waart John Francis Wade Richard Wagner Fats Waller Jean Wallet Yuja Wang Huw Watkins Carl Maria von Weber Anton Webern Joseph Webster Thomas Weelkes Alisa Weilerstein Kurt Weill Mieczysław Weinberg Sylvius Leopold Weiss Spas Wenkoff Charles-Marie Widor Mark Wigglesworth John Wilbye David Wilde Justus Wilhelm Lyra Anne Wilkens Roderick Williams John Williams Lawrence Winters Elisabeth Withers Gordon Wry Robert Xavier Rodriguez Zhu Xiao-Mei Joyce Yang Xuefei Yang Samuel Youn Isang Yun Jan Zach Dolora Zajick Riccardo Zandonai Francesco Zappa Chiara Zeffirelli Rosmunda a Rosmunda Pisaroni Josquin des Prez
Orchestras & Ensembles (87)
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (Fulton County) Aurora Orchestra BBC Philharmonic BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (Glasgow) BBC Singers BBC Symphony Orchestra (London) Basel Symphony Orchestra Beaux Arts Trio Berlin Philharmonic Berlin Staatskapelle Boston Symphony Orchestra Budapest Festival Orchestra Buenos Aires Philharmonic Orchestra Cambridge Singers Canadian Opera Company (Toronto) Chicago Symphony Orchestra City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Cleveland Orchestra Czech Philharmonic Elgin Youth Symphony Orchestra English Touring Opera European Union Youth Orchestra Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra Hamburg Ballet (Hamburg-Mitte) Iceland Symphony Orchestra Kneisel Quartet Kronos Quartet Les Boréades de Montréal London Mozart Players London Philharmonic Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra (Barbican Centre) London Voices Lyric Opera of Chicago Madison Opera Madison Symphony Orchestra Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Metropolitan Opera (New York City) Minnesota Orchestra (Minneapolis) Mississippi Symphony Orchestra Montreal Symphony Orchestra Mozarteum Orchestra of Salzburg Nash Ensemble New World Symphony (Miami Beach) New York City Opera (Manhattan) New York Philharmonic Orchestra Opera Australia (Sydney) Opera Holland Park (Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea) Opera Lyra Ottawa Opéra National de Lyon (1st arrondissement of Lyon) Opéra de Montréal (Montreal) Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France Orchestre de Paris Philadelphia Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra Pro Arte Quartet Roomful of Teeth Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra San Francisco Opera San Francisco Symphony San Francisco Symphony Chorus Santa Fe Opera Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra Scottish Ensemble Seattle Opera Seattle Symphony Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra Simón Bolívar String Quartet Sudbury Symphony Orchestra (Greater Sudbury) Sydney Symphony Orchestra Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra (Toronto) Takács Quartet Tallis Scholars Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra Tri-Cities Opera Company Ulster Orchestra Vancouver Opera Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Vienna Symphony Welsh National Opera (Cardiff) Westchester Philharmonic West–Eastern Divan Orchestra Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra
Opera houses, Concert halls & Festivals (44)
Alice Tully Hall (Manhattan) Arsenal de Metz BBC Proms (London) Bard Music Festival (Annandale-on-Hudson) Bargemusic (New York City) Bayreuth Festival Bolshoi Theatre (Tverskoy District) Bowery Ballroom (Manhattan) Bristol Beacon (City of Bristol) Brooklyn Academy of Music Cadogan Hall (Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea) Cantiere Internazionale d'Arte (Tuscany) Carnegie Hall (Manhattan) Civic Opera House (Illinois) Coventry Cathedral David Geffen Hall (Upper West Side) Derby Cathedral (City of Derby) Deutsche Oper Berlin (Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf) Edinburgh International Festival (City of Edinburgh) Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht Glyndebourne Festival Opera Knitting Factory (Manhattan) La Scala (Milan) Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (Manhattan) Lucerne Festival Madison Square Garden (Manhattan) Mariinsky Theatre (Saint Petersburg) Montreal Symphony House Mostly Mozart Festival (New York City) Notre-Dame de Paris (Quartier Notre-Dame) Olympia (9th arrondissement of Paris) Royal Albert Hall (City of Westminster) Royal Opera House (City of Westminster) Salle Pleyel (8th arrondissement of Paris) Salzburg Festival Schubertiade (Schwarzenberg) Sydney Opera House (City of Sydney) Tanglewood (Lenox) Teatro Regio (Turin) Three Choirs Festival (Gloucester) Usher Hall (City of Edinburgh) Vienna State Opera house (Innere Stadt) Wigmore Hall (City of Westminster) Wisconsin Union Theater (Madison)