News topics of the month - July 2020
Every month, soclassiq analyses the web media for you and identifies those who have made the news. Here are the results for July 2020
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.
2300+ 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.
July 2020
Composers, Conductors, Performers & Lyrical singers (917)
Claudio Abbado Ildar Abdrazakov Muhal Richard Abrams Franz Abt John Luther Adams Leslie Adams Kati Agócs Roberto Alagna Petrus Alamire Serafino Alassio John Alden Carpenter Louise Alder Thomas Allen Richard Allison Bernd Alois Zimmermann Marin Alsop William Alwyn Marian Anderson John Andrews Luis Antonio García Navarro Benjamin Appl Ataúlfo Argenta Martha Argerich Nareh Arghamanyan Fabio Armiliato Marco Armiliato Thomas Arne Malcolm Arnold Pietro Aron Vladimir Ashkenazy Algernon Ashton Franz Asplmayr Ivor Atkins Pierre Attaingnant Martha Atwood Pietro Auletta C. B. Hawley Sergei Babayan Milton Babbitt Johann Sebastian Bach Wilhelm Backhaus Ernst Bacon Gabriel Bacquier Jenny Bae Janet Baker Benjamin Baker Rinald Bamberg Steven Banks Samuel Barber John Barbirolli Emma Bardac Daniel Barenboim Semyon Barmotin Inon Barnatan Edward Barnes Rachel Barton Pine Gabriel Bataille William Batchelder Bradbury Lisa Batiashvili Kathleen Battle Marion Bauer Arnold Bax Amy Beach John Beard Martin Beaver Mary Anne à Beckett Piotr Beczała Ludwig van Beethoven Joshua Bell Nicola Benedetti Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli George Benjamin Richard Rodney Bennett John Morgan Bentley Alban Berg Erna Berger William Berger Luciano Berio Hector Berlioz Elmer Bernstein Leonard Bernstein Walter Berry Sophie Bevan Mary Bevan Kristian Bezuidenhout Hildegard of Bingen Georges Bizet Brian Blade James A. Bland Gustave Bley Arthur Bliss Herbert Blomstedt Joshua Bloom John Blow Stephanie Blythe Christian Boesch Giovanni Bononcini Alexander Borodin Marcus Bosch Jacques Bosch Ian Bostridge Marc Bouchkov Rutland Boughton Lili Boulanger Nadia Boulanger Pierre Boulez Mark Bowden Douglas Boyd Martyn Brabbins Johannes Brahms Marie Brandis Owen Brannigan Jacques Brel Else Breuer Brewster George Bridgetower Benjamin Britten Malin Broman Michael Brown Lawrence Brownlee Anton Bruckner Gavin Bryars Julia Bullock Susan Bullock Kenji Bunch Khatia Buniatishvili Eleonora Buratto Gianluca Buratto William Burden William Burdine Blake, Sr. Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos Margaret Burke Sheridan Karla Burns James Burton Ferruccio Busoni Clara Butt David Butt Philip William Byrd Oscar Byström Maria Callas Thomas Campion André Campra Pierre Camus Bruno Canino Renaud Capuçon Joan Carden Giulio Cardi Silvia Careddu Edwin Carr Clarice Carson Elliott Carter Sharon Carty Robert Casadesus Pau Casals Gianluca Cascioli John Oscar Casey Francesco Cavalli Sergiu Celibidache Giuseppe Cerutti Emmanuel Chabrier Feodor Chaliapin Elim Chan Helen Charlston Ernest Chausson Ray Chen Erik Chisholm Timothy Chooi Frédéric Chopin Franz Christoph Neubauer Francesco Cilea Jeremiah Clarke Muzio Clementi Joy Clements Van Cliburn Anna Clyne Norman Cocker Grant Colburn Dan Coleman Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Nicholas Collon Jorge Navarro Colorado James Conlon Alice Coote Aaron Copland Roque Cordero Arcangelo Corelli Stephen Costello François Couperin Roderick Cox Jean Cox Mathieu Crickboom George Crumb Miranda Cuckson William Hayman Cummings Roland Cunningham György Cziffra Johan Dalene Richard Danielpour Uriah Davenport Ferdinand David Félicien-César David Mario Davidovsky Ilana Davidson Iestyn Davies Lynne Dawson Claude Debussy Franz-Paul Decker Edison Denisov Auguste Descarries Eduard Devrient Arne Dich Clarence Dickinson Charles Dieupart Renato Dolcini Pietro Domenico Paradisi Plácido Domingo Zsuzsa Domonkos Peter Donohoe John Thomas Douglass Jonathan Dove John Dowland Finnegan Downie Dear Antonio Draghi Julius Drake Theodore Drury Angèle Dubeau Théodore Dubois Ismael Dueñas Paul Dukas Marguerite Dunlap Grace Durham Henri Dutilleux Charles Dutoit Lawrence Dutton Antonín Dvořák Paul Dyer J. E. P. Aldous John Eccles Benjamin Edward Woolf Richard Egarr James Ehnes Ludovico Einaudi Helmi Einer Edward Elgar Henry Ely George Enescu Hubert Engels Anton Eriksson Christoph Eschenbach Heinrich Esser Lois Ewell Joseph Leopold von Eybler Péter Eötvös Heinrich Faber Michael Fabiano Lauren Fagan Holger Falk Manuel de Falla Gabriel Fauré Samuil Feinberg Morton Feldman Christian Ferras José de Ferrer Pablo Ferrández Zdeněk Fibich David Finckel Gottfried Finger Gerald Finzi Julia Fischer Eliot Fisk Kirsten Flagstad Renée Fleming Carl Flesch Louis Fleury Xavier Foley Thomas Ford Andrew Foster-Williams Jean-Paul Fouchécourt Simon Fraser Isadore Freed Joan Fresco August Freyer Gottlob Frick Dorothy Fuller Lene Funder Sam Furness Wilhelm Furtwängler Eddra Gale Elīna Garanča John Eliot Gardiner Françoise Garner Valery Gergiev George Gershwin Carlo Gesualdo Stefi Geyer Orlando Gibbons Armstrong Gibbs Ben Giddens Walter Gieseking James Gilchrist Marcello Giordani Tommaso Giordani Giuseppe Giordani Mauro Giuliani Carlo Maria Giulini Philip Glass Christoph Willibald von Gluck Vadim Gluzman Christopher Glynn Tito Gobbi Reinhard Goebel Mikhail Goldstein Emiliano Gonzalez Toro Roberto González-Monjas Michael Gordon Morton Gould Glenn Gould Charles Goulding Hans Graf Peter-Lukas Graf Susan Graham Enrique Granados William Grant Still Stéphane Grappelli Jakob Greber Johann Theodor Greiner Edvard Grieg Savitri Grier Ilya Gringolts Reri Grist Eric Gross Ferdinand Grossmann Stefano Guadagnini Francisco Guerrero Nathan Gunn Ivor Gurney Monroe H. Rosenfeld Alfred d' Hack Augustin Hadelich Ida Haendel Patrick Hahn Hilary Hahn Thomas Haigh Marc-André Hamelin George Frideric Handel Vernon Handley Barbara Hannigan Kazuko Hara John Harbison Nikolaus Harnoncourt Heather Harper Roy Harris Martyn Harry Hamilton Harty Clara Haskil Joseph Haydn Catherine Hayes Thomas Hayward Emmanuelle Haïm Ziyu He Ted Hearne Jascha Heifetz Eero Heinonen Carl Heinrich Graun Karl Helm Barbara Hendricks Pablo Heras-Casado Saioa Hernández Arthur Hervey Adolph Friedrich Hesse Sarah Hicks Paul Hindemith Ann Hobson Pilot E. T. A. Hoffmann Peter Holder Eugene Holmes Gustav Holst Arthur Honegger Daniel Hope Marilyn Horne Vladimir Horowitz Alan Hovhaness Yvonne Howard Kiandra Howarth Elgar Howarth Herbert Howells Robert A. Hudson Jason Michael Huffman Caitlin Hulcup Tobias Hume Leo Hussain Domonkos Héja Jacques Ibert Alina Ibragimova Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Eliahu Inbal Wilfred d' Indy Frances Ingram Sky Ingram Sofie Irgens Eugene Istomin Stefan Jackiw René Jacobs Eli Jaffe Allan James Foley Byron Janis Gundula Janowitz Mariss Jansons Leoš Janáček Scott Allen Jarrett Charles Wesley Jarvis Adolf Jensen Andrew Johnston Guy Johnston Gwyneth Jones Martin Jones Scott Joplin François Joseph Gossec John Joubert James Judd Vladimir Jurowski Armas Järnefelt Paavo Järvi Neeme Järvi Ilya Kaler Antonín Kammel Okko Kamu Sheku Kanneh-Mason Nikolai Kapustin Kirill Karabits Herbert von Karajan Christiane Karg Kim Kashkashian Elena Kats-Chernin Richard Kaufman Jonas Kaufmann Ulysses Kay Simon Keenlyside Daniel Kellogg Edwin F. Kendall Elizabeth Kenny Kyle Ketelsen Sergey Khachatryan Vadym Kholodenko Bomsori Kim Leon Kirchner Carl Klage Erich Kleiber Carlos Kleiber Otto Klemperer Paul Kletzki Benedict Klöckner Justin Heinrich Knecht Garth Knox Zoltán Kodály Leonid Kogan Jennifer Koh Erich Wolfgang Korngold Serge Koussevitzky Magdalena Kožená Fritz Kreisler Gidon Kremer Rodolphe Kreutzer Alexander Krichel Aline Kutan Ilkka Kuusisto Frank La Forge James Laing Carles Lama Michel Lambert David Lang Lang Lang Alison Langer Mario Lanza Alicia de Larrocha Susan Larson Morten Lauridsen William Lawes François Lays Alain Lefèvre Jean-Xavier Lefèvre Erich Leinsdorf Sergei Lemeshev Isabel Leonard Hermann Levi James Levine Anna Levinsohn Igor Levit Ernst Levy Paul Lewis Tania León Henry Lichfield György Ligeti Liza Lim Richard Lin Louise Lincoln Kerr Magnus Lindberg Hans-Martin Linde Kate Lindsey William Ling Dinu Lipatti Jan Lisiecki Franz Liszt David Lloyd George Lloyd Andrew Lloyd Webber Matthew Locke Yvonne Loriod Clara Louise Kellogg Anne Lovett Carl Ludvig Gerlach Jean-Baptiste Lully Mona Lyn Reese Magda László Yo-Yo Ma Lorin Maazel Jeanette MacDonald Edward MacDowell James MacMillan Charles Mackerras Zack Macomber James Cartwright Macy Bruno Maderna Soraya Mafi Albéric Magnard Gustav Mahler Raphael Mak Sergey Malov Charles Mandel Michael Mann Gianluca Marciano Neville Marriner Wynton Marsalis John Marsh Wayne Marshall Frank Martin Jean Martinon Bohuslav Martinů Éva Marton Carl Marx Joseph Marx Robert Massard Kurt Masur Pumeza Matshikiza Peter Mattei Stanislao Mattei Karita Mattila Siegfried Mauser Donald Maxwell Johann Simon Mayr Missy Mazzoli Audra McDonald Anthony McGill Zubin Mehta Omer Meir Wellber Erkki Melartin Alfred Mellon Felix Mendelssohn Yehudi Menuhin François-Xavier Mercier Oskar Merikanto Olivier Messiaen Josef Metternich Giacomo Meyerbeer Nathan Milstein Marilyn Mims Marc Minkowski Leona Mitchell Ernest John Moeran Michael Mofidian Federico Mompou Meredith Monk Maria Montana Claudio Monteverdi William Henry Montgomery Latonia Moore Thomas Moore L. de Morange Ivan Moravec Elsie Morison Ennio Morricone Hannah Morrison Étienne Moulinié Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Karl Muck John Murphy Olli Mustonen Riccardo Muti Kent Nagano Robert Nathaniel Dett Ernesto Nazareth Emmanuelle de Negri Angélica Negrón John Nelson Andris Nelsons Anna Netrebko Heinrich Neuhaus Ginette Neveu Christoph Nichelmann Carl Nielsen Evgeny Nikitin Yevgeny Nikitin Luigi Nono Nick Norton Frederic Norton Yannick Nézet-Séguin Thomas O'Brien Butler Geoffrey O'Hara Alec O'Leary David Oistrakh Andrea Oliva Kristīne Opolais Luther Orlando Emerson Eugene Ormandy Lisette Oropesa Robin Orr Tadaaki Otaka Eric Owens Aaron P. Dworkin Pavel Pabst Niccolò Paganini Roxanna Panufnik Andrzej Panufnik Jorma Panula Antonio Pappano Hubert Parry Ian Partridge Anna Patalong Luciano Pavarotti Martin Peerson Krzysztof Penderecki Manuel Penella Raga Arthur A. Penn Francesco Pennisi Johann Christoph Pepusch Charles Callahan Perkins Itzhak Perlman Carl Perron Alfredo Piatti Astor Piazzolla Anthea Pichanick John Pierce Paul Plishka Rachel Podger Ferdinand Poise Evelyn Pollock Rachel Portman Alois Posch Isaac Posch Francis Poulenc Henri Pousseur Lawrence Power Florence Price John Pritchard Sergei Prokofiev Giacomo Puccini Gaetano Pugnani Daniel Purcell Henry Purcell Christopher Purves Kevin Puts Arvo Pärt Roger Quilter Misha Quint Philippe Quint Sergei Rachmaninoff Anita Rachvelishvili L. Radley Flynn Sondra Radvanovsky Jean-Philippe Rameau Ross Ramgobin Robert Ramsey Simon Rattle Georg Ratzinger Einojuhani Rautavaara Maurice Ravel Charles Arthur Rawlings Jean-Féry Rebel Johannes Regis Steve Reich Sally Johnston Reid Heinrich Reinhardt Dilermando Reis Albert Reiss Chen Reiss Lucienne Renaudin Vary Ottorino Respighi Yury Revich Roger Reynolds Jane Rhodes Núria Rial Josep Ribera i Miró Lucile Richardot Sviatoslav Richter Marga Richter André Rieu Patrick Rimes Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Karel Risinger Simon Rivard Graciela Rivera Pierre Rode Richard Rodgers Kirill Rodin James Rolfe Anthony Rolfe Johnson Natalya Romaniw Joseph Willard Roosevelt Hans Rosbaud Leonard Rose Charles Rosen Therese Rosenbaum Bob Ross Gioachino Rossini Mstislav Rostropovich Daniel Roth Christopher Rouse Padraic Rowan Gennady Rozhdestvensky Arthur Rubinstein Maxim Rubtsov Olga Rudge Kathryn Rudge Alexander Rudin John Rutter Frederic Rzewski Miklós Rózsa August Röckel Elisabeth Röckel Mark S. Doss Hans Sachs Chevalier de Saint-Georges Camille Saint-Saëns Antonio Salieri Aulis Sallinen Thomas Salmon Herbert Sanders Sibyl Sanderson Malcolm Sargent Erik Satie Jordi Savall Wolfgang Sawallisch Fazıl Say Alessandro Scarlatti Domenico Scarlatti Ernest Schelling Heinrich Schenker Sebastian Bensen Schlesinger Alfred Schnittke Arnold Schoenberg Anton Schott Franz Schubert Robert Schumann Carl Schuricht Humphrey Searle Leif Segerstam Sulamith Seidenberg Anton Seifert Friedrich Seitz Johan Selmer Rudolf Serkin Raphael Severe Elaine Shaffer Orli Shaham William Shakespeare Rita Shane Anoushka Shankar Michael Jeffrey Shapiro Arthur Shepherd John Sheppard Brindley Sherratt Sayaka Shoji Aziz Shokhakimov Kevin Short Dmitri Shostakovich Jean Sibelius Constantin Silvestri Nikolaus Simrock Bernard Sinclair Alvin Singleton Leonard Slatkin Bedřich Smetana Dmitri Smirnov Ethel Smyth Russell Smythe Nikolai Sokoloff Grigory Sokolov Georg Solti Dang Thai Son Stephen Sondheim Michel de Souza Nicky Spence Toby Spence Louis Spohr Peter Stadlen Charles Villiers Stanford Ethel Stark János Starker Susan Starr Dalia Stasevska Jan Stefani Maximilian Steinberg Claudia Steinem Isaac Stern Risë Stevens John Stevenson Karlheinz Stockhausen Leopold Stokowski Stuart Stratford Richard Strauss Igor Stravinsky Josef Suk Arthur Sullivan Valentyn Sylvestrov Paulo Szot Karol Szymanowski Thomas Tallis Melvyn Tan Giuseppe Tartini John Tavener Nikolai Tcherepnin Renata Tebaldi Georg Philipp Telemann Éva Terebessy Bryn Terfel Christian Tetzlaff Conrad Thibault Christian Thielemann Camille Thomas Bryden Thomson Virgil Thomson Michael Tilson Thomas Michael Tippett Vincenzo Tommasini Abel Tomàs Joan Tower Daniil Trifonov Tatiana Troyanos Gabriella Tucci Richard Tucker Eva Turner Erkki-Sven Tüür Mitsuko Uchida Walter Uhlig Jos van Van Immerseel Johann Baptist Vanhal Ralph Vaughan Williams Maxim Vengerov Giuseppe Verdi Jon Vickers Louis Vierne Henri Vieuxtemps Pierre de Villiers Carlo Vistoli Antonio Vivaldi Wladimir Vogel Jan Vogler Georg Joseph Vogler Cosima Wagner Richard Wagner Rufus Wainwright Jessica Walker William Wallace Benjamin Wallfisch Louis Wallis John Walsh Yuja Wang Robert Ward Jonathan Ware Harriet Ware André Watts Carl Maria von Weber Anton Webern Joseph Weigl Karl Weigl Kurt Weill Sylvius Leopold Weiss John Weldon James Weldon Johnson Hans Werner Henze Kai Wessel Eva-Maria Westbroek Matthew White Willard White Gillian Whitehead Percy Whitlock Henryk Wieniawski Blind Tom Wiggins Friedrich Wilhelm Berner Thomas Wilkins Llŷr Williams Roderick Williams John Williams Nardus Williams John Wilson Herman Wohl Julia Wolfe Henry Wood Arthur Woodruff Barry Wordsworth Loraine Wyman Fflur Wyn Robert Xavier Rodriguez Iannis Xenakis Sonya Yoncheva Esther Yoo Eugène Ysaÿe Isang Yun Alfred Yung Dolora Zajick Alexander Zakin Alexander von Zemlinsky Hao Zhou Efrem Zimbalist Pinchas Zuckerman Thomas d'Urfey Marcelo Álvarez
Orchestras & Ensembles (110)
Academy of Ancient Music Accentus (choir) Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin Alarm Will Sound Alban Berg Ensemble Wien American Symphony Orchestra Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (Fulton County) Aurora Orchestra Australian Chamber Orchestra BBC Philharmonic BBC Symphony Orchestra (London) Bamberg Symphony Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin Philharmonic Berlin Staatskapelle Boston Lyric Opera Boston Symphony Orchestra Britten Sinfonia Cambridge Singers Camerata Salzburg Canadian Opera Company (Toronto) Cape Town Opera Chicago Symphony Orchestra Cincinnati Opera City of London Sinfonia Cleveland Orchestra Coull Quartet Czech Philharmonic Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Eighth Blackbird Emerson Quartet English Baroque Soloists English Chamber Orchestra English National Opera (London) English Symphony Orchestra English Touring Opera Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Freiburger Barockorchester (Freiburg im Breisgau) Garsington Opera Gesualdo Six Grange Park Opera (West Horsley) Guerilla Opera Houston Grand Opera Houston Symphony Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra International Contemporary Ensemble International Menuhin Music Academy JACK Quartet Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra Johann Strauss Orchestra (Maastricht) Kronos Quartet Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra London Concertante London Mozart Players London Philharmonic Orchestra London Sinfonietta London Symphony Orchestra (Barbican Centre) Madison Opera Metropolitan Opera (New York City) Minnesota Orchestra (Minneapolis) Monteverdi Choir Montreal Symphony Orchestra Nashville Symphony National Opera Studio National Symphony Orchestra (Washington, D.C.) National Youth Choirs of Great Britain Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra New World Symphony (Miami Beach) New York Philharmonic Orchestra New York Polyphony Opera Holland Park (Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea) Opera North Opera Philadelphia Orchester Musikkollegium Winterthur Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Orchestre Métropolitain (Montreal) Orchestre National de France Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne Orchestre de Paris Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (New York City) Pacific Symphony (Santa Ana) Philadelphia Orchestra Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Pro Arte Orchestra Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Royal Scottish National Orchestra Russian National Orchestra San Antonio Symphony San Francisco Opera San Francisco Symphony Silk Road Project Spokane Symphony Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra Szymanowski Quartet Tetzlaff Quartett The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Tokyo Symphony Orchestra (Shinjuku) Toronto Mendelssohn Choir Toronto Symphony Orchestra Tête à Tête Ulysses Vancouver Opera Victoria Symphony (British Columbia) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra Welsh National Opera (Cardiff) Wuppertaler Bühnen Zurich Chamber Orchestra
Opera houses, Concert halls & Festivals (50)
Aix-en-Provence Festival Atlanta Opera BBC Proms (London) Bayreuth Festival Bolshoi Theatre (Tverskoy District) Buxton Festival Carnegie Hall (Manhattan) Concertgebouw (Amsterdam) Deutsche Oper Berlin (Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf) Elbphilharmonie (Hamburg-Mitte) Festival Napa Valley Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht Festival de Lanaudière Gewandhaus (Zentrum) Henry Wood Hall (London Borough of Southwark) Hollywood Bowl (Los Angeles) Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival Konzerthaus Berlin (Berlin-Mitte) La Scala (Milan) Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (Manhattan) Longborough Festival Opera Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (Florence) Mariinsky Theatre (Saint Petersburg) Merkin Hall (Manhattan) Mostly Mozart Festival (New York City) Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest (Zugló) Musikverein (Innere Stadt) Notre-Dame de Paris (Quartier Notre-Dame) Odeon (Boston) Palace Theatre, Rothesay (Argyll and Bute) Parco della Musica (Rome) Philharmonie de Paris Ravinia Festival (Illinois) Richmond CenterStage Rockport Music Roy Thomson Hall (Toronto) Royal Albert Hall (City of Westminster) Royal Festival Hall (London Borough of Lambeth) Royal Opera House (City of Westminster) Salzburg Festival Sheffield Cathedral Snape Maltings Symphony Hall (Boston) Tanglewood (Lenox) Tanglewood Music Center (Lenox) Teatro Real (Palacio) Vienna State Opera house (Innere Stadt) Walt Disney Concert Hall (Los Angeles) Washington National Opera (Washington, D.C.) Wigmore Hall (City of Westminster)