News topics of the month - November 2017
Every month, soclassiq analyses the web media for you and identifies those who have made the news. Here are the results for November 2017
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.
2200+ 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.
November 2017
Composers, Conductors, Performers & Lyrical singers (636)
Claudio Abbado Emma Abbott Kazem Abdullah Hans Abrahamsen Muhal Richard Abrams John Luther Adams John Adams Guido Adler Theodor W. Adorno Thomas Adès Pierre-Laurent Aimard Anne Akiko Meyers Charlie Albright Rinaldo Alessandrini Richard Allison Bernd Alois Zimmermann Marin Alsop Joho Andres Leif Ove Andsnes Ruth Ann Swenson Andrea da Antico Frédéric Antoun Martha Argerich Malcolm Arnold Brian Asawa Martha Atwood Leopold von Auer Johann Christian Bach Christoph Bach Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Johann Sebastian Bach Janet Baker Samuel Barber John Barbirolli Daniela Barcellona Gaetano Bardini Michael Barenboim Daniel Barenboim Edward Barnes Fleur Barron Cecilia Bartoli Luigi Bassi Lisa Batiashvili Liza Beamish John Beard Stephen W. Beatty Piotr Beczała Ludwig van Beethoven Joshua Bell Vincenzo Bellini Nicola Benedetti George Benjamin Alban Berg Luciano Berio Hector Berlioz Leonard Bernstein Walter Berry Sophie Bevan Alice Bigelow Tully Malcolm Bilson Ronald Binge William Henry Birch Harrison Birtwistle Jonathan Biss Georges Bizet Brian Blade Florian Boesch Christian Boesch Alexander Borodin Johannes Boris Borowski Felix Borowski Douglas Bostock Lili Boulanger Nadia Boulanger Pierre Boulez Adrian Boult Allen Boxer Martyn Brabbins Johannes Brahms Alfred Brendel Carter Brey Benjamin Britten Sébastien de Brossard Lawrence Brownlee Robert Brubaker Anton Bruckner Eduard Brunner Kenji Bunch Khatia Buniatishvili Kevin Burdette Joe Burke Yvie Burnett Karla Burns James Burton George Butterworth John Cage Joseph Calleja Richard Campbell Samuel Capricornus Renaud Capuçon José Carreras Elliott Carter Joyce Castle Gérard Caussé Ignacio Cervantes Riccardo Chailly Bertrand Chamayou Michel Chapuis Auguste Chapuis Ray Chen Seong-Jin Cho Kee-Yong Chong Frédéric Chopin William Christie Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach Harry Christophers Thomas Clayton Gordon Clinton Louis-Nicolas Clérambault Carlo Colombara Sarah Connolly Ben Connor Sasha Cooke Alice Coote Alfredo Corda Fiorenza Cossotto Katie Coventry Jean Cox Ian Cresswell Giovanni Croce Ada Crossley George Crumb Roland Cunningham Joseph M. Daly Joseph Darcier Thomas Dausgaard Colin Davis Steve Davislim Brett Dean Lucas Debargue Claude Debussy Francesca Dego Siegfried Wilhelm Dehn Alexandre Delgado Jeremy Denk Sabine Devieilhe Joyce DiDonato Arne Dich Clarence Dickinson George Dima Dean Dixon Ashley Dixon Plácido Domingo Gaetano Donizetti Antal Doráti John Dowland Stanley Drucker Gustavo Dudamel Rachelle Durkin Antonín Dvořák Ernest van Dyck Richard Egarr James Ehnes Ludovico Einaudi Gottfried von Einem Helmi Einer Mark Elder Edward Elgar Christoph Eschenbach Rebecca Evans Eleanor Everest Freer Yusif Eyvazov Michael Fabiano Franco Faccio Carole Farley Eileen Farrell Georges Favre Gerald Finzi Veniamin Fleishman Florence Foster Jenkins Patrick Fournillier Thomas Frederick Crane Daryl Freedman Nelson Freire Emil Frey Oskar Fried Herbert Fryer Wilhelm Furtwängler Thierry Félix Sol Gabetta Niels Gade John Eliot Gardiner Mabel Garrison Daniele Gatti Valery Gergiev George Gershwin Alan Gilbert Rod Gilfry Pavel Gililov Boris Giltburg Ivry Gitlis Carlo Maria Giulini Philip Glass Vadim Gluzman Tito Gobbi Christine Goerke Matthias Goerne Berthold Goldschmidt Richard Goode Andrew Goodwin Glenn Gould Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla Maurice Greene Bernadette Greevy Edvard Grieg Helen Grime Paul Groves Charles Groves Giancarlo Guerrero Francisco Guerrero Ivor Gurney Joseph Gwilt Hilary Hahn Matthew Halls Charles Hallé Johan Halvorsen Rodgers and Hammerstein Thomas Hampson George Frideric Handel Barbara Hannigan Håkan Hardenberger Daniel Harding Marcus Hast Thomas Hastings Michael Haydn Joseph Haydn Catherine Hayes Ted Hearne Barbara Hendricks Pablo Heras-Casado Jonathon Heyward Paul Hindemith Ann Hobson Pilot Richard Hoffman Vagn Holmboe Gustav Holst Manfred Honeck Simona Houda-Šaturová Stephen Hough Alan Hovhaness Jakub Hrůša Claire Huangci Klaus Huber Robert A. Hudson Pelham Humfrey Johann Nepomuk Hummel Susanna Hurrell Alina Ibragimova Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Jacques Imbrailo John Ireland Sharon Isbin Steven Isserlis Daniel J. Lockwood René Jacobs Mariss Jansons Leoš Janáček Valentin Jar Karl Jenkins Betsy Jolas Aled Jones Philippe Jordan Leila Josefowicz Matthias Juchem Michail Jurowski Vladimir Jurowski Neeme Järvi Paavo Järvi Mauricio Kagel Robert Kahn Edouard Kann Sheku Kanneh-Mason Herbert von Karajan Christiane Karg Richard Kaufman Jonas Kaufmann Zoë Keating David Kempster Willem Kes Dmitry Khvorostovsky Fiona Kimm Evgeny Kissin Carlos Kleiber Otto Klemperer Olive Kline Garth Knox Oliver Knussen Patricia Kopatchinskaja Erich Wolfgang Korngold Alfredo Kraus Emmanuel Krivine Elisabeth Kulman Mariusz Kwiecień James Laing Carles Lama Jeanne Lamon David Lang Lang Lang Marie-Pierre Langlamet André Laporte Orlande de Lassus François Lays Nicola LeFanu Reinbert de Leeuw Ingvar Lidholm György Ligeti Louise Lincoln Kerr Hannu Lintu Franz Liszt Robert Lloyd George Lloyd Keith Lockhart Felicity Lott James Loughran Christa Ludwig Nikolai Lugansky Margarete Luise Schick Nicola Luisotti Audrey Luna Joanne Lunn John Lunn Mona Lyn Reese Yo-Yo Ma Lorin Maazel James MacMillan Bruno Maderna William Joseph Maher Gustav Mahler Mallory Christopher Maltman Andrew Manea Paul Mania Michael Mann Horace Mansion Anne Manson Marin Marais Aleksandar Markovic Raphaël Martenot Malcolm Martineau Marianna von Martines Jan Martiník Bohuslav Martinů Joseph Marx Jules Massenet Kurt Masur Colin Matthews Siegfried Mauser Albrecht Mayer Hugh McLean Viv Mclean Angela Meade Zubin Mehta Cornelius Meister Felix Mendelssohn Gian Carlo Menotti Yehudi Menuhin Olivier Messiaen Ingo Metzmacher Leona Mitchell Florian Mock Ernest John Moeran Jean-Joseph de Mondonville Pierre Monteux Claudio Monteverdi William Henry Montgomery Thomas Moore John Moorehead Thomas Morley Ludovic Morlot Edda Moser Piotr Moss Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Nico Muhly Roger Muraro John Murphy Riccardo Muti Anne-Sophie Mutter Susanna Mälkki Kent Nagano Ernesto Nazareth Carol Neblett Stuart Neill John Nelson Andris Nelsons Anna Netrebko Quynh Nguyen Carl Nielsen Frederic Norton Gianandrea Noseda Feliks Nowowiejski Benjamin Nunn Per Nørgård Orin O'Brien Kelley O'Connor Simon O'Neill Jacques Offenbach David Oistrakh Daniel Okulitch Pauline Oliveros George Onslow Kristīne Opolais Sakari Oramo Carl Orff Luther Orlando Emerson Lisette Oropesa Anne Sofie von Otter Peter Oundjian Ignacy Jan Paderewski Emmanuel Pahud Giovanni da Palestrina Roxanna Panufnik Andrzej Panufnik Gustáv Papp Antonio Pappano Andrew Parrott Kathinka Pasveer Pene Pati Amitai Pati Brice Pauset Luciano Pavarotti Peter Pears Krzysztof Penderecki Manuel Penella Raga Francesco Pennisi Johann Christoph Pepusch Giovanni Battista Pergolesi Itzhak Perlman Michele Pertusi Roberta Peters Kirill Petrenko Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky Johann Pfeiffer Nicholas Phan Peter Philips Astor Piazzolla Luca Pisaroni Walter Piston Mikhail Pletnev Ferdinand Poise Katya Popova Lucia Popp David Portillo Hermann Prey Sergei Prokofiev Julian Prégardien Christoph Prégardien Giacomo Puccini Henry Purcell Arvo Pärt Johann Joachim Quantz Roger Quilter Sergei Rachmaninoff Suzanne Ramon Nell Rankin George Ratcliffe Woodward Simon Rattle Jean-Féry Rebel Harry Rees Steve Reich Sally Johnston Reid Ottorino Respighi Christine Rice Sviatoslav Richter Wolfgang Rihm Terry Riley Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov David Robertson Richard Rodgers Richard Rodney Bennett Louis Roney Joseph Willard Roosevelt Charles Rosen Hilding Rosenberg Johann Rosenmüller Gioachino Rossini Mstislav Rostropovich François-Xavier Roth Daniel Roth Joey Roukens Arthur Rubinstein Julius Rudel Donald Runnicles Kaija Saariaho Victor de Sabata Woldemar Sacks Camille Saint-Saëns Thomas Salmon Esa-Pekka Salonen Stephen Samuel Stratton Carles Santos Erik Satie William Savage Henrik Schaefer R. Murray Schafer Lalo Schifrin Franz Schmidt Arnold Schoenberg Franz Schubert Andrè Schuen Henning von Schulman Robert Schumann Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Salvatore Sciarrino Karl Scully Anton Seifert Svatopluk Sem Ludwig Senfl Raphael Severe Edmund Severn Celena Shafer William Shakespeare Caroline Shaw Arthur Shepherd Brindley Sherratt John Shirley-Quirk Dmitri Shostakovich Jean Sibelius Leonard Slatkin Dmitri Smirnov Kian Soltani Henriette Sontag Dale Sorensen John Philip Sousa Robert Spano Mark Sparks Leo Spies Charles Villiers Stanford Andrew Staples Ethel Stark Theodore Stearns Horst Stein Arabella Steinbacher John Stevenson Katie Stevenson Matthew Stiff Karlheinz Stockhausen Leopold Stokowski Thomas Stoltzer Robert Stolz John Storgårds Richard Strauss Igor Stravinsky Frank Strobel Nathalie Stutzmann Yevgeny Sudbin Arthur Sullivan Hilary Summers Franz Supper Karol Szymanowski Bent Sørensen Richard T. Gill Anu Tali Thomas Tallis John Tavener Georg Philipp Telemann Bryn Terfel Christian Tetzlaff Virgil Thomson Cédric Tiberghien Robin Ticciati Michael Tilson Thomas Michael Tippett John Tomlinson Vincenzo Tommasini Donald Tovey Daniil Trifonov Václav Trojan Viktor Ullmann Dawn Upshaw Krzysztof Urbanski Pierre Vachon Christian Van Horn Kyle Van Schoonhoven Stephen Varcoe Ralph Vaughan Williams Giuseppe Verdi Olivia Vermeulen Domenico Viglione Borghese Heitor Villa-Lobos Rolando Villazón Pierre de Villiers Antonio Vivaldi Vladimir Vlasov Bogdan Volkov Ilan Volkov Edward W. Hardy Richard Wagner Cheng Wai Rufus Wainwright John Walsh Bruno Walter William Walton Yuja Wang Robert Ward Peter Warlock André Watts Carl Maria von Weber Anton Webern Kurt Weill Sylvius Leopold Weiss Franz Welser-Möst Hans Werner Henze John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland Jörg Widmann Ryan Wigglesworth Mark Wigglesworth John Williams Roderick Williams Ebba Wilton Hugo Wolf Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari Gregorio Wu Pak Chiu Iannis Xenakis Douglas Yeo Sonya Yoncheva Simone Young Thomas Z. Shepard Benjamin Zander Alexander von Zemlinsky Krystian Zimerman Nikolaj Znaider Pinchas Zuckerman Jaap van Zweden Rosmunda a Rosmunda Pisaroni Josquin des Prez Alondra de la Parra
Orchestras & Ensembles (82)
Academy of Ancient Music Australian Chamber Orchestra BBC Philharmonic BBC Symphony Orchestra (London) Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Bavarian State Opera (Munich) Berlin Philharmonic Berlin Radio Choir Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra Boston Symphony Orchestra Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Britten Sinfonia Carducci String Quartet Chiaroscuro Quartet Chicago Opera Theater Chicago Symphony Orchestra Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Cleveland Orchestra Columbus Symphony Czech Philharmonic Dallas Symphony Orchestra Danish National Symphony Orchestra Detroit Symphony Orchestra Dover Quartet Eighth Blackbird Emerson Quartet English National Opera (London) Ensemble Modern (Frankfurt) Florida Grand Opera (Miami) Houston Grand Opera Houston Symphony Les Arts Florissants Les Siècles London Baroque London Philharmonic Choir London Philharmonic Orchestra London Sinfonietta London Symphony Orchestra (Barbican Centre) Louisville Orchestra Lyric Opera of Chicago Madison Opera Madison Symphony Orchestra Mahler Chamber Orchestra Metropolitan Opera (New York City) Minnesota Orchestra (Minneapolis) Music Central National Symphony Orchestra (Washington, D.C.) New York City Opera (Manhattan) New York Philharmonic Orchestra On Site Opera Opera Australia (Sydney) Opera North OperaUpClose Orchestre de Paris Pacific Symphony (Santa Ana) Philadelphia Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Pro Arte Quartet Quatuor Mosaïques Queensland Symphony Orchestra RTÉ Concert Orchestra Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Royal Scottish National Orchestra SWR Vokalensemble (Stuttgart) Sacramento Youth Symphony San Francisco Opera San Francisco Symphony Scottish Chamber Orchestra Scottish Ensemble Seattle Symphony Seraphic Fire Shanghai Symphony Orchestra Spokane Symphony Stile Antico Swedish Chamber Orchestra Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra (Toronto) Tallis Scholars Ulster Orchestra Victorian Opera Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Opera houses, Concert halls & Festivals (38)
Aldeburgh Festival BBC Proms (London) Bayreuth Festival Bolshoi Theatre (Tverskoy District) Brixton Academy (London Borough of Lambeth) Carnegie Hall (Manhattan) Concertgebouw (Amsterdam) Elbphilharmonie (Hamburg-Mitte) Gewandhaus (Zentrum) Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival Komische Oper (Berlin) La Scala (Milan) Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (Manhattan) London Coliseum (City of Westminster) Mariinsky Theatre (Saint Petersburg) Memorial Opera House (Valparaiso) Mostly Mozart Festival (New York City) Musikverein (Innere Stadt) Notre-Dame de Paris (Quartier Notre-Dame) Ojai Music Festival (California) Oper Frankfurt Opéra Nouvel (1st arrondissement of Lyon) Oregon Bach Festival (Eugene) Philharmonie de Paris Pierre Boulez Saal (Berlin) Royal Albert Hall (City of Westminster) Royal Festival Hall (London Borough of Lambeth) Royal Opera House (City of Westminster) Salzburg Festival Snape Maltings Tanglewood (Lenox) Vienna State Opera house (Innere Stadt) Walt Disney Concert Hall (Los Angeles) War Memorial Opera House (San Francisco) Washington National Opera (Washington, D.C.) West Cork Chamber Music Festival (County Cork) Wigmore Hall (City of Westminster) Wisconsin Union Theater (Madison)