News topics of the month - August 2021
Every month, soclassiq analyses the web media for you and identifies those who have made the news. Here are the results for August 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.
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Present artists
or recently dead
Orchestras
Venues
Composers
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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 2021
Composers, Conductors, Performers & Lyrical singers (802)
Claudio Abbado Mark Adamo Johann Adolf Hasse Thomas Adès Pierre-Laurent Aimard Yasushi Akutagawa Eleanor Alberga Isaac Albéniz Bernd Alois Zimmermann Marin Alsop William Alwyn Alexander Alyabyev Pasquale Amato Alicia Amo Gilbert Amy Marian Anderson Leif Ove Andsnes Giovanni Antonini Malcolm Arnold Vladimir Ashkenazy Kurt Atterberg Lera Auerbach Milton Babbitt Johann Christian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach Tadeusz Baird Martin Baker Rose Bampton Ryan Bancroft Samuel Barber Daniel Barenboim Edward Barnes John Barry Jamie Barton Rachel Barton Pine Béla Bartók David Bates Mason Bates Édouard Batiste Amy Beach Sally Beamish Harold Bedoya Ludwig van Beethoven Joshua Bell Vincenzo Bellini Adriana Ferrarese del Bene Nicola Benedetti George Benjamin Alban Berg Hector Berlioz Lazar Berman Benjamin Bernheim Frieder Bernius Leonard Bernstein Walter Berry Sophie Bevan Kristian Bezuidenhout Heinrich Biber Michael von Biel Gilles Binchois Hildegard of Bingen Jonathan Biss Georges Bizet Daníel Bjarnason Easley Blackwood, Jr. Angel Blue Stephanie Blythe Alfie Boe Ruthilde Boesch Florian Boesch Carl Bohm William Bolcom François Borne Jacques Bosch Giovanni Bottesini Lili Boulanger Nadia Boulanger Pierre Boulez Adrian Boult Trevor Eliot Bowes James Bowman Orla Boylan Ina Boyle Martyn Brabbins Katarina Bradić Johannes Brahms Dennis Brain Alexandrine-Caroline Branchu Charlotte Bray Benjamin Britten Daisy Brown Max Bruch Anton Bruckner Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Giles Bryant Gavin Bryars Isobel Buchanan Ole Bull Kenji Bunch Khatia Buniatishvili Edward Bunting Joe Burke Margaret Burke Sheridan Richard Burkhard Harry T. Burleigh Karla Burns Iain Burnside Ferruccio Busoni Britta Byström Oscar Byström John Cage Maria Callas Sethus Calvisius Renaud Capuçon Karen Cargill Joana Carneiro Enrico Caruso Pau Casals Francesco Cavalli Tito Ceccherini Sergiu Celibidache Thomas Hardie Chalmers Cécile Chaminade Jacques Charlot Helen Charlston Ernest Chausson John Cheek John William Cherry Luigi Cherubini John Chest John Chetham Susan Chilcott Unsuk Chin Erik Chisholm Timothy Chooi Frédéric Chopin Franz Christoph Neubauer Wong Kah Chun Jeremiah Clarke Thomas Clayton Joy Clements Van Cliburn Grant Colburn Dan Coleman Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Xavier Coll Nadine Conner Sarah Connolly Aaron Copland John Corigliano Viorica Cortez Ramiro Cortés Louis Couperin François Couperin Jean Cox Régine Crespin William Croft William Crotch Lucy Crowe Octave Crémieux Theodoros Currentzis Lorenzo da Da Ponte Johan Dalene Guy Danel Nicholas Daniel Richard Danielpour Lise Davidsen Ilana Davidson Iestyn Davies Andrew Davis Emilio de De Marchi Brett Dean Claude Debussy Frederick Delius Lea Desandre Bryce Dessner Clarence Dickinson Stephen Dickson Simone Dinnerstein Tom Dobson Diana Doherty Ernő von Dohnányi Gaetano Donizetti Peter Donohoe Jonathan Dove John Dowland Finnegan Downie Dear Julius Drake Paul Dresser George Dreyfus Stanley Drucker Théodore Dubois Gustavo Dudamel Guillaume Dufay Susan Dunn Henri Duparc Lawrence Dutton Antonín Dvořák John Eaton James Ehnes Susanne Ehrhardt Ernst Eichner Karólína Eiríksdóttir Hanns Eisler Mark Elder Edward Elgar Maxim Emelyanychev George Enescu Mahan Esfahani Karlheinz Essl Julio Estrada Péter Eötvös Michael Fabiano Hila Fahima Manuel de Falla Richard Farnes Louise Farrenc Gabriel Fauré Isabelle Faust Morton Feldman José de Ferrer Kathleen Ferrier Daniel Ferro Liza Ferschtman Catrin Finch David Finckel Iván Fischer Julia Fischer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Rob Fisher Eliot Fisk Renée Fleming Carl Flesch Juan Diego Flórez Josephine Fodor Xavier Foley Mina Foley Hippolyte Sazerac de Forge Georg Forster Lukas Foss Cheryl Frances-Hoad Zino Francescatti César Franck Vilde Frang Joan Fresco Dorothy Fuller Sam Furness Wilhelm Furtwängler Ivan Galamian Baldassare Galuppi Elīna Garanča John Eliot Gardiner Pasquale Gargiulo Susana Gaspar Gianluigi Gelmetti Valery Gergiev Elena Gerhardt George Gershwin Angela Gheorghiu Alexander Gibson Michael Gielen Owen Gilhooly Patrick Gilmore Gustavo Gimeno Ruth Gipps Mauro Giuliani Wallis Giunta Barbara Giuranna Philip Glass Alexander Glazunov Christoph Willibald von Gluck Tito Gobbi Karen Gomyo Randall Goosby Johann Gottlieb Naumann Glenn Gould Charles Gounod Gary Graffman William Grant Still Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla Maurice Greene Eleanor Greenwood Edvard Grieg Asmik Grigorian Hélène Grimaud Daniel Grimwood Charles Groves Edita Gruberová Francisco Guerrero Giancarlo Guerrero Mónica Guillén Mikołaj Górecki Henryk Górecki Monroe H. Rosenfeld Augustin Hadelich Richard Hageman Hilary Hahn Matt Haimovitz Bernard Haitink Charles Hallé Marc-André Hamelin George Frideric Handel Vernon Handley Howard Hanson Daniel Harding Jeffrey Michael Harrington Anja Harteros Miguel Harth-Bedoya John Hawkins Joseph Haydn Catherine Hayes Battison Haynes Emmanuelle Haïm Johann David Heinichen Anny Helm Pablo Heras-Casado Anna Herbst Saioa Hernández Philippe Herreweghe Sarah Hicks Jennifer Higdon Paul Hindemith Hanna Hipp David Hite E. T. A. Hoffmann Peter Holder Eugene Holmes Gustav Holst Johann Holzer Daniel Hope Jascha Horenstein Joseph Horovitz Yvonne Howard Herbert Howells Paul Huang Eve-Maud Hubeaux Robert A. Hudson Ramón Humet Engelbert Humperdinck János Hunyadi Peter Hänsel Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Steven Isserlis Charles Ives Ildikó Iván Gordon Jacob René Jacobs Marek Janowski Janine Jansen Leoš Janáček Georg Jarno Charles Wesley Jarvis Sofi Jeannin Adolf Jensen Guy Johnston Andrew Johnston André Jolivet John Jones David Junghoon Kim Vladimir Jurowski Paavo Järvi Kristjan Järvi Neeme Järvi Jóhann Jóhannsson Dmitri Kabalevsky Heinrich Kafka Vasily Kalinnikov Carlos Kalmar Sheku Kanneh-Mason Nikolai Kapustin Kirill Karabits Herbert von Karajan Elizabeth Karani Richard Kaufman Jonas Kaufmann Ida Kavafian Simon Keenlyside Herbert Kegel Barbara Kemp Willem Kes John van Kesteren Aram Khachaturian Dmitry Khvorostovsky David Kim Bomsori Kim Erich Kleiber Carlos Kleiber Otto Klemperer August Klughardt Anastasia Kobekina Jennifer Koh Christiane Kohl Patricia Kopatchinskaja Erich Wolfgang Korngold Viktor Kosenko Iosif Kotek Alfredo Kraus Johann Ludwig Krebs Fritz Kreisler Gidon Kremer Ernest Krähmer Pekka Kuusisto Ilkka Kuusisto Dane Lam Joseph Lamb Lang Lang Alison Langer Bethan Langford Agustín Lara Tessa Lark Winifred Lawson Mhairi Lawson James Lee III Alain Lefèvre Jean-Xavier Lefèvre Dieter Lehnhoff Kenneth Leighton François Leleux Elisabeth Leonskaja Simon Lepper Hermann Levi James Levine Eugene Levinson Igor Levit Andreas Lidel György Ligeti Magnus Lindberg Hans-Martin Linde Kate Lindsey Hannu Lintu Jan Lisiecki Franz Liszt Elizabeth Llewellyn Grant Llewellyn Alexander Lonquich Vicente Lusitano Angharad Lyddon José Antonio López George M. Cohan Yo-Yo Ma Hamish MacCunn Jeanette MacDonald James MacMillan Stuart MacRae Guillaume de Machaut Alexander Mackenzie Lucas Macías Navarro Gustav Mahler Gian Francesco de Majo Otto Malling Michael Mann Horace Mansion Bruno Mantovani John Mark Ainsley Karel Mark Chichon Wynton Marsalis Joseph Martin Kraus Malcolm Martineau Bohuslav Martinů Pietro Mascagni Jules Massenet André Mathieu Colin Matthews John McCormack Ali McGregor Marie McLaughlin Délfor Medina Alexander Melnikov Leigh Melrose Juanjo Mena Felix Mendelssohn Elena Mendoza López Quirino Mendoza y Cortés Simone Menezes Olivier Messiaen Giacomo Meyerbeer Myron Michailidis Joseph Middleton Irena Milkevičiūtė Nathan Milstein Marilyn Mims Aoife Miskelly Florian Mock Michael Mofidian Meredith Monk Maria Montana Claudio Monteverdi William Henry Montgomery Philip Moore Thomas Moore Michael Morgan Nina Morgana Elsie Morison Catriona Morison Thomas Morley Ennio Morricone Hannah Morrison Theodore F. Morse Johannes Moser Edda Moser Stephen Mould Leopold Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Nico Muhly Gráinne Mulvey John Murphy Ann Murray Thea Musgrave Riccardo Muti Anne-Sophie Mutter Klaus Mäkelä Étienne Méhul Kent Nagano Minnie Nast Robert Nathaniel Dett Kenneth Neate Benedict Nelson Andris Nelsons Anna Netrebko Heinrich Neuhaus Olga Neuwirth Ginette Neveu Gemma New Eric Paul Nichols Carl Nielsen Nikolay Matveevitsj Nikiforov Alexey Nikolayevich Titov Joaquín Nin Raimund Nolte Luigi Nono Roger Norrington Gianandrea Noseda Vítězslav Novák Yannick Nézet-Séguin Elizabeth Ogonek Garrick Ohlsson David Oistrakh James Oldfield Sakari Oramo Jakub Józef Orliński Rafael Orozco Andrés Orozco-Estrada Tadaaki Otaka Alice Sara Ott Alex Otterburn Seiji Ozawa Mark Padmore Niccolò Paganini Andrzej Panufnik Antonio Pappano Eugenie Pappenheim Anna Patalong Stephen Paxton Rafael Payare Anthony Payne Francesco Pennisi Itzhak Perlman Marlis Petersen Kirill Petrenko Gregor Piatigorsky Astor Piazzolla Trevor Pinnock Ignaz Pleyel Juliette Pochin Ferdinand Poise Maurizio Pollini Lily Pons Christoph Poppen Tom Poster Francis Poulenc Jorge Luis Prats Jessica Pratt Giuseppe Prestini Florence Price Nick Pritchard John Pritchard Anna Prohaska Sergei Prokofiev Georges Prêtre Giacomo Puccini Henry Purcell Sabina Puértolas Arvo Pärt Ailyn Pérez Junping Qian Thomas Quasthoff Jean-Guihen Queyras Walter Rabl Sergei Rachmaninoff Anita Rachvelishvili Jean-Philippe Rameau Suzanne Ramon Thomas Randle Simon Rattle Maurice Ravel Anton Reicha Roger Reynolds Sviatoslav Richter Max Richter Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Rick Robinson Peter Robinson Pierre Rode Richard Rodney Bennett Natalya Romaniw Alexander Romanovsky Sergey Romanovsky Hans Rosbaud Aemilian Rosengart Antonio Rosetti Bob Ross Gioachino Rossini François-Xavier Roth Daniel Roth Santtu-Matias Rouvali Arthur Rubinstein Alexander Rudin Maxim Rysanov Kaija Saariaho Xavier Sabata Victor de Sabata Yutaka Sado Chevalier de Saint-Georges Camille Saint-Saëns Esa-Pekka Salonen Richard Salter Carolyn Sampson Ignatius Sancho Ruth Sandhoff Emil von Sauer William Savage John Savournin Pierre Schaeffer R. Murray Schafer Konstantin Scherbakov András Schiff Michael Schneider Arnold Schoenberg Franz Schubert Mark Schultz Klaus Schulze Clara Schumann Robert Schumann Ignaz Schuppanzigh Gerard Schwarz Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Alexander Scriabin Dominic Sedgwick Friedrich Seitz Abel Selaocoe Peter Selwyn William Shakespeare Caroline Shaw Allen Shearer Vissarion Shebalin Arthur Shepherd Simon Shibambu Sean Shibe Dmitri Shostakovich Jean Sibelius Joseph Silverstein Gabriela Sima María José Siri Dmitry Sitkovetsky Stanisław Skrowaczewski Leonard Slatkin Bedřich Smetana Artur Penha Soares Antonio Soler Kian Soltani Georg Solti John Philip Sousa Farren Soutar Michel de Souza Nicky Spence Toby Spence Gaspare Spontini Anton Stadler Andreas Staier Simon Standage Ilia Staple Andrew Staples Ethel Stark Dalia Stasevska Catherine Stephens Joseph Stephenson Andrew B. Sterling Isaac Stern John Stevenson Katie Stevenson Noah Stewart Karlheinz Stockhausen Mark Stone Nancy Storace John Storgårds Alessandro Stradella Antonio Stradivari Oscar Strasnoy Stuart Stratford Richard Strauss Johann Strauss II Igor Stravinsky Alessandro Striggio Josef Suk Arthur Sullivan Gemma Summerfield Atli Heimir Sveinsson Jonathan Swensen Joseph Swensen Marguerite Sylva Yi-Kwei Sze Karol Szymanowski Franz Xaver Süssmayr Dobrinka Tabakova Otar Taktakishvili Georg Tales Thomas Tallis Antoine Tamestit Karen Tanaka Georg Philipp Telemann Bryn Terfel Alexandre Tharaud Jacques Thibaud William Thomas Cédric Tiberghien Robin Ticciati Michael Tilson Thomas Michael Tippett Vincenzo Tommasini Michael Torke Francesco Paolo Tosti Donald Tovey Joan Tower Gilles Tremblay Robin Tritschler Mark-Anthony Turnage Eva Turner Mitsuko Uchida Yoshie Ueno Floro Ugarte Juraj Valčuha Jos van Van Immerseel Julien Van Mellaerts Tibor Varga Ralph Vaughan Williams Christopher Ventris Giuseppe Verdi Shirley Verrett Roger Vignoles Jory Vinikour Antonio Vivaldi Ilan Volkov Bogdan Volkov Edo de Waart Richard Wagner Adam Walker Sarah Walker William Walton Yuja Wang Huw Watkins Paul Watkins André Watts Franz Waxman Carl Maria von Weber Joseph Webster Alisa Weilerstein Kurt Weill Mieczysław Weinberg Franz Welser-Möst Hans Werner Henze Paul Whelan Paul Wiancko Camilla Wicks Jörg Widmann Henryk Wieniawski Ryan Wigglesworth Mark Wigglesworth Simon Wilding Dora Wiley Adrian Willaert John Williams Harriet Williams Roderick Williams Lawrence Winters Zun-Hin Woo Henry Wood Julia Woolf Édouard Woolley Shai Wosner Frank Wyatt Robert Xavier Rodriguez Ye Xiaogang Dingle Yandell Adrian K. Yee Thomas Zehetmair Jeffrey Zeigler Dante Zucchi Pinchas Zuckerman Joachim a Burck Víkingur Ólafsson Sofiä Ğobäydullinä Luka Šulić
Orchestras & Ensembles (134)
Academy of Ancient Music Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin American Bach Soloists American Composers Orchestra American Youth Symphony Anima Eterna Ars Antiqua Austria Attacca Quartet BBC National Orchestra of Wales BBC Philharmonic BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (Glasgow) BBC Singers BBC Symphony Orchestra (London) Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Bampton Classical Opera Baroque Orchestra Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Bavarian State Opera (Munich) Bavarian State Orchestra Berlin Philharmonic Boston Symphony Orchestra Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra British Youth Opera Britten Sinfonia Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Camerata Salzburg Canadian Opera Company (Toronto) Cappella Coloniensis Chamber Domaine Chamber Orchestra of Europe (London) Chanticleer Chicago Symphony Orchestra City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra City of London Sinfonia Cleveland Orchestra Collegium Vocale Gent (Ghent) Concerto Copenhagen Concerto Köln (Cologne) Danel Quartet (City of Brussels) Deutsche Oper Berlin (Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf) Emerson Quartet Emerson String Quartet English National Opera (London) Hanover Band Harlem Quartet Houston Symphony Il Giardino Armonico Il Pomo d'Oro Imani Winds International Contemporary Ensemble JACK Quartet Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective Kammerorchester Basel Kansas City Symphony Kremerata Baltica Latvian Radio Choir Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Les Arts Florissants London Mozart Players London Philharmonic Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra (Barbican Centre) Mahler Chamber Orchestra Manchester Camerata Metropolitan Opera (New York City) Minnesota Orchestra (Minneapolis) Monteverdi Choir Montreal Symphony Orchestra Munich Chamber Orchestra NFM Wrocław Philharmonic NHK Symphony Orchestra (Minato-ku) National Symphony Orchestra (Washington, D.C.) National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain Navarra String Quartet New Century Chamber Orchestra New Japan Philharmonic (Sumida-ku) New World Symphony (Miami Beach) New York Chamber Symphony New York Philharmonic Orchestra Northern Sinfonia Oakland Symphony Opera Atelier (Toronto) Opera Holland Park (Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea) Opera North (Leeds) Oratorio Society of New York Orchester Musikkollegium Winterthur Orchestre Métropolitain (Montreal) Orchestre National de France Orchestre de Paris Oregon Symphony Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (New York City) Oslo Philharmonic Pacific Symphony (Santa Ana) Philadelphia Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Queensland Symphony Orchestra Rolston Quartet Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Royal Scottish National Orchestra San Diego Symphony San Francisco Opera San Francisco Symphony San Francisco Symphony Chorus Santa Fe Opera Sarasota Orchestra Scottish Chamber Orchestra Seattle Symphony Shanghai Symphony Orchestra Silent Opera Silk Road Project Sitkovetsky Trio Southbank Sinfonia Springfield Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra Sydney Symphony Orchestra Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra (Toronto) The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center The Little Orchestra Society Tonhalle Orchester Zürich Toronto Mendelssohn Choir Toronto Symphony Orchestra Tête à Tête Ulster Orchestra Ural Philharmonic Orchestra Utah Symphony Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna State Opera house (Innere Stadt) Vienna Symphony Zehetmair Quartet hr-Sinfonieorchester (Frankfurt)
Opera houses, Concert halls & Festivals (52)
Aldeburgh Festival Alhambra (Genève-Cité) Alte Oper (Frankfurt) BBC Proms (London) Bing Concert Hall (California) Bowdoin International Music Festival (Brunswick) Bregenzer Festspiele Buxton Festival Cadogan Hall (Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea) Carnegie Hall (Manhattan) Colorado MahlerFest Concertgebouw (Amsterdam) Edinburgh International Festival (City of Edinburgh) Elbphilharmonie (Hamburg-Mitte) Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht Festival de Lanaudière Festival de Peralada Gewandhaus (Zentrum) Grimeborn (East London) Handel Festival (Halle (Saale)) Hollywood Bowl (Los Angeles) Händel-Festspiele Karlsruhe International Beethoven Festival Bonn Komische Oper (Berlin) Komische Oper Berlin (Berlin-Mitte) La Scala (Milan) Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (Manhattan) Lucerne Festival Mariinsky Theatre (Saint Petersburg) Memorial Opera House (Valparaiso) Nevill Holt Opera (Leicestershire) Notre-Dame de Paris (Quartier Notre-Dame) Olympia (9th arrondissement of Paris) Oper Frankfurt Peralada Castle Ravinia Festival (Illinois) Rossini Opera Festival (Pesaro) Royal Albert Hall (City of Westminster) Royal Opera House (City of Westminster) Sage Gateshead Salzburg Festival Snape Maltings Tanglewood (Lenox) The International Chamber Music Festival in Plovdiv Usher Hall (City of Edinburgh) Verbier Festival Walt Disney Concert Hall (Los Angeles) War Memorial Opera House (San Francisco) Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall Washington National Opera (Washington, D.C.) Wigmore Hall (City of Westminster) York Early Music Festival