News topics of the month - July 2021
Every month, soclassiq analyses the web media for you and identifies those who have made the news. Here are the results for July 2021
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.
1800+ 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 2021
Composers, Conductors, Performers & Lyrical singers (829)
Claudio Abbado Paul d' Acosta Mark Adamo John Adams Guido Adler Pierre-Laurent Aimard Anne Akiko Meyers Roberto Alagna Eleanor Alberga Simone Alberghini John Alden Carpenter Vittoria Aleotti Gregorio Allegri Marin Alsop William Alwyn Anna de Amicis Alicia Amo David Amram Timo Andres John Andrews Jurriaan Andriessen Louis Andriessen Felice Anerio Frédéric Antoun Martha Argerich Fabio Armiliato Marco Armiliato Malcolm Arnold Giovanni Giacomo Arrigoni Algernon Ashton David Atkinson Heinrich August Marschner Georges Auric Emanuel Ax Radek Baborák Johann Sebastian Bach Anna Baier Raffaello de Banfield Yuankai Bao Samuel Barber John Barbirolli Shalom Bard Daniel Barenboim Stephen Barlow Clarence Barlow Josephine Barstow Béla Bartók Mason Bates Lisa Batiashvili Arnold Bax Amy Beach Steuart Bedford Ludwig van Beethoven Joshua Bell Vincenzo Bellini Gisele Ben-Dor Victor Bendix Noah Bendix-Balgley Adriana Ferrarese del Bene Nicola Benedetti Richard Rodney Bennett John Morgan Bentley Alban Berg Luciano Berio Michael of Berkeley Hector Berlioz Lazar Berman Leonard Bernstein Walter Berry Andrew Bidlack Kezia Bienek Alice Bigelow Tully Ronald Binge Hildegard of Bingen Georges Bizet Alexander Blachly Ernest Bloch Carl Blum Thomas Blunt Luigi Boccherini Andrea Bocelli Andrew David Boden Samuel Boden Ivor Bolton Łukasz Borowicz Leon Botstein Lili Boulanger Nadia Boulanger Pierre Boulez Giovanni Battista Bovicelli Mark Bowden York Bowen Johannes Brahms Henri Brassard Russell Braun Ronald Brautigam Brewster Frank Bridge George Bridgetower Benjamin Britten Graeme Broadbent Yefim Bronfman Enrico Bronzi Matthew Brook John Browne Lawrence Brownlee Max Bruch Anton Bruckner Peter Bruns Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Giles Bryant Gavin Bryars Dudley Buck Kenji Bunch Joe Burke Margaret Burke Sheridan Harry T. Burleigh Karla Burns Iain Burnside Stuart Burrows Alan Bush Geoffrey Bush Clara Butt George Butterworth William Byrd Karl Böhmer Simon Callaghan Maria Callas Joseph Calleja Luis Calvo Thelma Camacho Javier Camarena Marchetto Cara Jose Carbo Henry Carey Paul Carey Jones Sophie Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté Edwin Carr Ferdinando Carulli Enrico Caruso Alphonse Cary Alfonso Casado Trigo André Casanova Max Emanuel Cenčić Ignacio Cervantes Howard Chamberlain Cécile Chaminade Elim Chan Ernest Chausson John William Cherry Susan Chilcott Seong-Jin Cho Frédéric Chopin Harry Christophers Min Chung Nicholas Clapton Rebecca Clarke Jeremiah Clarke Joy Clements Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Xavier Coll Michael Collins James Conlon Ben Connor Alexandra Conunova Deryck Cooke Sasha Cooke Ernesto A. L. Coop Aaron Copland John Corigliano Stephen Costello François Couperin Aaron Cowling William Croft George Crumb William Hayman Cummings Laurence Cummings Ella Uhrig Cummins Theodoros Currentzis Sebastian Currier Diane Curry Guy Cutting Eufrosinia Cuza Lorenzo da Da Ponte Tove Dahlberg Johan Dalene Diana Damrau Jean-Claude Darcey Michael Daugherty Lise Davidsen Colin Davis Andrew Davis Alfredo Daza Esteban Daza Brett Dean Claude Debussy Jeremy Denk Anna Dennis Eleanor Dennis Gérald Desmarais Natalie Dessay Steven Devine Michael Devlin Joyce DiDonato Clarence Dickinson Shani Diluka Ernő von Dohnányi Plácido Domingo Gaetano Donizetti Jonathan Dove Grant Doyle Julius Drake Gustavo Dudamel Franjo Dugan André Dumortier William Duncombe Susan Dunn Antonín Dvořák Jean-Frédéric Edelmann Sian Edwards Julian Edwards Charles Egan Richard Egarr Ludovico Einaudi Gottfried von Einem Hanns Eisler Mark Elder Edward Elgar Henry Ely Werner Enders George Enescu Julius Epstein Christoph Eschenbach Julio Estrada Harriet Eyley Yusif Eyvazov Ēriks Ešenvalds Franco Fagioli Manuel de Falla Marcus Farnsworth Louise Farrenc Gabriel Fauré Morton Feldman Gerald Finley Gerald Finzi Iván Fischer Julia Fischer Wilhelm Fitzenhagen Isaac Van Vleck Flagler Leon Fleisher Pacho Flores Josephine Fodor Xavier Foley Mina Foley Emilie da Fonseca Jennifer France Cheryl Frances-Hoad Gottlob Frick Grigory Frid Sam Furness Wilhelm Furtwängler Kaspar Förster Sol Gabetta James Gaffigan Daniele Gatti Theodor Gaude Karina Gauvin Nicolai Gedda Francis George Scott Valery Gergiev George Gershwin Kirill Gerstein Carlo Gesualdo Giuseppe Giacomini Alexander Gibson James Gilchrist Lawrence Gilman Mauro Giuliani Philip Glass Christopher Glynn Emiliano Gonzalez Toro Randall Goosby Michael Gordon Mark Gotham Glenn Gould Charles Gounod Susan Graham Enrique Granados William Grant Still Maurice Greene Edvard Grieg David Griffiths Benjamin Grosvenor Charles Groves Michel Gsell Charles Guillet Ivor Gurney Mikołaj Górecki François Habeneck John Hackett Hilary Hahn Richard Hale Antoinette Halloran Charles Hallé Rodgers and Hammerstein Joan Hammond Thomas Hampson George Frideric Handel Vernon Handley Max Hansen Howard Hanson Pierre Hantaï Milan Harašta Daniel Harding Heather Harper Hamilton Harty Jonathan Harvey Martin Haselböck Joseph Haydn Roland Hayes Catherine Hayes Sam Haywood Johann Caspar Heck Anny Helm Skitch Henderson Anna Herbst Antony Hermus Thomas Herndon Saioa Hernández Angela Hewitt Sarah Hicks Edward Higginbottom James Higgs Domingo Hindoyan Louis Hirsch Alun Hoddinott E. T. A. Hoffmann Robin Holloway Eugene Holmes James Holmes Gottfried August Homilius Cornelia Horak Bethany Horak-Hallett Marilyn Horne Joseph Horovitz Vladimir Horowitz Herbert Howells Robert A. Hudson Stephen Humbert Pelham Humfrey Johann Nepomuk Hummel Engelbert Humperdinck Jeremy Huw Williams Federico Ibarra Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Heinrich Isaac Steven Isserlis Charles Ives Ildikó Iván René Jacobs Zachary James Marek Janowski Janine Jansen Leoš Janáček Scott Allen Jarrett Darren Jeffery Karl Jenkins Adolf Jensen Nathalie Joachim Kevin John Edusei Stephen Johns Andrew Johnston Jennifer Johnston Scott Joplin Philippe Jordan John Joubert Joseph Joubert Vladimir Jurowski Paavo Järvi Neeme Järvi Jeffrey Kahane Joseph Kaiser Carlos Kalmar Heinrich Kaminski Clara-Jumi Kang Sheku Kanneh-Mason Herbert von Karajan Jonas Kaufmann Thomas Kelly Virginia Kerr John van Kesteren Dmitry Khvorostovsky Kathleen Kim Evgeny Kissin Carlos Kleiber Otto Klemperer Jennifer Koh Patricia Kopatchinskaja Erich Wolfgang Korngold Jean Kraft Fritz Kreisler Conradin Kreutzer Heinrich Kreuzer Pekka Kuusisto Ilkka Kuusisto Hellen Kwon Louis Lacombe Jan Ladislav Dussek James Laing Adam Laloum Jeanne Lamon David Lang Lang Lang Quirijn De Lang Tessa Lark Alicia de Larrocha Susan Larson Lars-Erik Larsson François Lays Henry Lazarus Benjamin Lees Alain Lefèvre Jean-Xavier Lefèvre Walter Legge Lotte Lehmann Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne Simon Lepper Mimi Lerner Hermann Levi Martynas Levickis David Lewin Michael Lewin Julia Lezhneva György Ligeti Richard Lin Magnus Lindberg Jaap ter Linden Hannu Lintu Marcello Lippi Carolina Lippo Franz Liszt Vasily Litvinenko Elizabeth Llewellyn Grant Llewellyn Carl Loewe Giorgio Lorenzi Heather Lowe Thomas Lowe Jean-Baptiste Lully Angharad Lyddon Oksana Lyniv Hubert Léonard Jeanette MacDonald James MacMillan Cornell MacNeil Stuart MacRae Elizabeth Maconchy Gustav Mahler Mischa Maisky Otto Manasse Michael Mann Jeff Manookian Andrew Manze Marin Marais Louis Marchand Malcolm Martineau Pietro Mascagni Jules Massenet Heiko Mathias Förster André Mathieu Nicola Matteis Colin Matthews Karita Mattila Donald Maxwell Albrecht Mayer Audra McDonald Anthony McGill Nancy McIntosh Anne McKnight Zubin Mehta Rhys Meirion Alfred Mellon Fanny Mendelssohn Felix Mendelssohn Gilberto Mendes Yehudi Menuhin Ivan Menzies Raphaël Merlin Johann Kaspar Mertz Olivier Messiaen Joseph Middleton Darius Milhaud Sherrill Milnes Marilyn Mims Julia Mintzer Michael Mofidian Stanisław Moniuszko Meredith Monk Claudio Monteverdi William Henry Montgomery Susan Moore Thomas Moore Robert Moran Thomas Morley Ennio Morricone Hannah Morrison Juanjo Mosalini Piotr Moss Stephen Mould Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Nico Muhly Viktoria Mullova Gráinne Mulvey Riccardo Muti Anne-Sophie Mutter Stanley Myers Johanna Müller-Hermann Cristian Măcelaru Kent Nagano Carolina Nairne Jon Nakamatsu Ernesto Nazareth Andris Nelsons Alex Ness Anna Netrebko Carl Nielsen Danielle de Niese Gianandrea Noseda Yannick Nézet-Séguin Kelley O'Connor Dustin O'Halloran Simon O'Neill Jacques Offenbach Garrick Ohlsson David Oistrakh George Onslow Rafael Orozco Andrés Orozco-Estrada John Osborn George Alexander Osborne Alex Otterburn Simon Over Eric Owens Aaron P. Dworkin Mark Padmore Niccolò Paganini Emmanuel Pahud Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Renato Palumbo Andrzej Panufnik Roxanna Panufnik Antonio Pappano David Parry Hubert Parry Willis Patterson Frank Patterson Luciano Pavarotti Anthony Payne Graham Peel Krzysztof Penderecki Francesco Pennisi Thomas Pereira Itzhak Perlman Louis Persinger Miah Persson Roberta Peters Kirill Petrenko Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky Joachim Pettoletti Astor Piazzolla Niccolò Piccinni Jane Pickering Peter Pieters Brigitte Pinter Ignaz Pleyel Rachel Podger Matthew Polenzani Michael Pollock Evelyn Pollock Lucia Popp David Popper Nicola Porpora Tom Poster Francis Poulenc André Previn Florence Price William Primrose Sergei Prokofiev Karl Proske Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth Giacomo Puccini Henry Purcell Arvo Pärt Junping Qian Joel Quarrington Sergei Rachmaninoff Anita Rachvelishvili Nemanja Radulović Sondra Radvanovsky Nic Raine Jean-Philippe Rameau Gweneth Ann Rand Thomas Randle Iiro Rantala Francesco Rasi Rasmus Rasmussen Simon Rattle Maurice Ravel Alan Rawsthorne Jean-Féry Rebel John Redford Sims Reeves Max Reger Steve Reich Heinrich Reinhardt Dilermando Reis Vadim Repin Ottorino Respighi Roger Reynolds Max Rhode Ashley Riches Sviatoslav Richter André Rieu Henri-Joseph Rigel Wolfgang Rihm Niels Jørgen Riis Terry Riley Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Graciela Rivera Henry Roberts Stephen Roberts John Robertson David Robertson Edgardo Rocha Richard Rodgers Eduard Rohde Cipriano de Rore Ned Rorem Matthew Rose Gioachino Rossini Nino Rota Daniel Roth Joey Roukens Albert Roussel Christophe Rousset Santtu-Matias Rouvali Daniel Rowland John Rutter Frederic Rzewski Kaija Saariaho Chevalier de Saint-Georges Camille Saint-Saëns Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe Esa-Pekka Salonen Spyridon Samaras Carolyn Sampson Pablo de Sarasate Erik Satie Rebecca Saunders John Savournin András Schiff Sebastian Bensen Schlesinger Franz Schmidt Florent Schmitt Arnold Schoenberg Erwin Schrott Franz Schubert Clara Schumann Robert Schumann Robert Schwalm Kurt Schwertsik Heinrich Schütz Salvatore Sciarrino Alexander Scriabin Dominic Sedgwick Abel Selaocoe Franz-Josef Selig Peter Selwyn Christian Senn Rudolf Serkin Raphael Severe Peter Seymour William Shakespeare En Shao Herbert Sharpe Arthur Shepherd Heather Shipp George Shirley Howard Shore Dmitri Shostakovich Jean Sibelius Gerhard Siegel Nadine Sierra Ezra Sims Alvin Singleton Dmitry Sitkovetsky Leonard Slatkin Thomas Sleeper Bedřich Smetana Ethel Smyth Grigory Sokolov Nicolai Soloviev Stephen Sondheim Fernando Sor John Philip Sousa Mark Sparks Nicky Spence Toby Spence Julia Sporsen Michael Spyres Ethel Stark Friedrich Starke David Starobin Horst Stein Nina Stemme Joseph Stephenson Michael Stern Isaac Stern Risë Stevens John Stevenson Karlheinz Stockhausen Leopold Stokowski John Storgårds Antonio Stradivari Teresa Stratas Stuart Stratford Richard Strauss Igor Stravinsky Richard Suart Arthur Sullivan Franz Supper Joan Sutherland Jack Swanson William Sweeney Gottfried van Swieten Valentyn Sylvestrov Joseph Szigeti Paulo Szot Karol Szymanowski Jens Søndergaard Thomas Søndergård Dobrinka Tabakova Robert Talbot Georg Tales Thomas Tallis Melvyn Tan Jesper Taube Veriko Tchumburidze Georg Philipp Telemann Christian Thielemann Simon Thorpe Callum Thorpe Robin Ticciati Michael Tippett Thomas Tomkins Michael Torke Joan Tower Gilles Tremblay Constantin Trinks Robin Tritschler Tatiana Troyanos Elena Urioste Galina Ustvolskaya Juraj Valčuha Julien Van Mellaerts George Vass Ralph Vaughan Williams Stanislav Vavřínek Christopher Ventris Giuseppe Verdi Emmy Verhey Pauline Viardot Helena Vieira Heitor Villa-Lobos Antonio Vivaldi Ricard Viñes Deborah Voigt Richard Wagner Antony Walker Garry Walker Benjamin Wallfisch John Walsh Yuja Wang Peter Warlock Huw Watkins Elizabeth Watts André Watts David Webb Amherst Webber Anton Webern Alisa Weilerstein Kurt Weill Mieczysław Weinberg Judith Weir R. P. Weston Melissa White Matthew White David Wilde Mark Wilde Simon Wilding Thomas Wilkins Harriet Williams John Williams Roderick Williams Malcolm Williamson Peter Wishart Julia Wolfe Zun-Hin Woo Charles Workman Iannis Xenakis Pretty Yende Tony Yike Yang Esther Yoo Eugène Ysaÿe Isang Yun Maurice Yvain Adela Zaharia Anna Zasimova Chiara Zeffirelli Alexander von Zemlinsky Xian Zhang Krystian Zimerman Pinchas Zuckerman Jaap van Zweden Marguerite d'd'Alvarez Niel van der Watt Josquin des Prez Marcelo Álvarez Otakar Ševčík
Orchestras & Ensembles (124)
American Bach Soloists American Composers Orchestra American Symphony Orchestra Attacca Quartet Augusta Symphony Orchestra BBC Symphony Orchestra (London) Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Baroque Orchestra Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Bavarian State Opera (Munich) Beaux Arts Trio Belgian National Orchestra (City of Brussels) Berlin Philharmonic Birmingham Opera Company Boston Symphony Orchestra Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra British Youth Opera Budapest Festival Orchestra Canadian Brass Central City Opera Chicago Philharmonic Chicago Symphony Orchestra Cincinnati Opera City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra City of London Sinfonia Columbus Symphony Czech Philharmonic Detroit Symphony Orchestra Doric String Quartet Dunedin Consort Early Opera Company English Chamber Orchestra English National Opera (London) English Symphony Orchestra Ensemble Cinquecento Estonian Festival Orchestra Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Fort Worth Opera Garsington Opera Gesualdo Six Grange Park Opera (West Horsley) Grant Park Symphony Orchestra Hanover Band Houston Symphony Iceland Symphony Orchestra Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective Kansas City Symphony Kodály Quartet Konzerthausorchester Berlin Kronos Quartet Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Leonore Piano Trio Les Talens Lyriques (Paris) London Concertante London Oriana Choir London Philharmonic Orchestra London Schools Symphony Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra (Barbican Centre) Lotus Lyric Opera of Chicago Manchester Camerata Marmen Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Metropolitan Opera (New York City) Minnesota Orchestra (Minneapolis) Montreal Symphony Orchestra Moravian Philharmonic NDR Radiophilharmonie Nashville Symphony National Arts Centre Orchestra (Ottawa) National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America New Jersey Symphony Orchestra New York Philharmonic Orchestra Opera Australia (Sydney) Opera Holland Park (Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea) Opera North (Leeds) Orchestra of Opera North Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Orchestre de la Francophonie Pacific Symphony (Santa Ana) Paris Opera Ballet Park Avenue Chamber Symphony Philadelphia Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Portland Opera Quartetto Italiano Rose Consort of Viols Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Royal Scottish National Orchestra San Francisco Opera San Francisco Symphony Santa Fe Opera Scottish Chamber Orchestra Scottish Opera Seattle Opera Seattle Symphony Seraphic Fire Sitkovetsky Trio South Carolina Philharmonic Southbank Sinfonia Storioni Trio Amsterdam Sydney Symphony Orchestra Symphony New Brunswick (Saint John) Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra (Toronto) Tallis Scholars Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra Tenebrae Tesla Quartet The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Tippett Quartet Tokyo Symphony Orchestra (Shinjuku) Tonhalle Orchester Zürich Toronto Symphony Orchestra Tête à Tête Utah Symphony Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Vienna State Opera house (Innere Stadt) WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne Welsh National Opera (Cardiff) hr-Sinfonieorchester (Frankfurt)
Opera houses, Concert halls & Festivals (50)
Aldeburgh Festival Alice Tully Hall (Manhattan) All Saints' Church, Rome Audi Concerts d'été (Ingolstadt) BBC Proms (London) Bard Music Festival (Annandale-on-Hudson) Bard SummerScape (Annandale-on-Hudson) Bayreuth Festival Bowdoin International Music Festival (Brunswick) Buxton Festival Buxton Opera House (High Peak) Cadogan Hall (Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea) Carnegie Hall (Manhattan) Colorado Music Festival Concertgebouw (Amsterdam) East Neuk Festival Edinburgh International Festival (City of Edinburgh) Elbphilharmonie (Hamburg-Mitte) Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht Festival de Lanaudière Festival dei Due Mondi (Spoleto) Gewandhaus (Zentrum) Glyndebourne Festival Opera Gran Teatre del Liceu (El Raval) Grant Park Music Festival (Chicago) Grimeborn (East London) Hollywood Bowl (Los Angeles) Klassik Open Air (Nuremberg) Koger Center for the Arts (Columbia) La Scala (Milan) Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (Manhattan) Longborough Festival Opera Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (Florence) Memorial Opera House (Valparaiso) Nevill Holt Opera (Leicestershire) Opera Saratoga (Saratoga Springs) Opernhaus Wuppertal Philharmonie de Paris Rossini Opera Festival (Pesaro) Royal Albert Hall (City of Westminster) Royal Opera House (City of Westminster) Salzburg Festival Snape Maltings Tanglewood (Lenox) The International Chamber Music Festival in Plovdiv Three Choirs Festival (Gloucester) Verbier Festival War Memorial Opera House (San Francisco) Wigmore Hall (City of Westminster) York Early Music Festival