News topics of the month - December 2021
Every month, soclassiq analyses the web media for you and identifies those who have made the news. Here are the results for December 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
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.
December 2021
Composers, Conductors, Performers & Lyrical singers (670)
Claudio Abbado Peter Ablinger Hans Abrahamsen John Adams Guido Adler Thomas Adès Kalevi Aho Marin Alsop Enkhbatyn Amartuvshin Leroy Anderson Leif Ove Andsnes Ernest Ansermet Jan Antonín Koželuh Martha Argerich Kit Armstrong Malcolm Arnold Alex Ashworth David Atherton Leopold von Auer Arleen Auger Johann Baal Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Johann Christian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach Martin Baker Hank Ballard Rose Bampton Ryan Bancroft Samuel Barber Shalom Bard John Barrett Cecilia Bartoli Jamie Barton Béla Bartók David Bates Mason Bates Marion Bauer Amy Beach Ludwig van Beethoven Vincenzo Bellini Nicola Benedetti George Benjamin Alban Berg Carl Bergmann Luciano Berio Hector Berlioz Leonard Bernstein Walter Berry Lorne Betts Heinrich Biber Hildegard of Bingen Seth Bingham Harrison Birtwistle Jonathan Biss Georges Bizet James A. Bland Herbert Blomstedt William Bolcom Alexander Borodin Nadia Boulanger Pierre Boulez Adrian Boult Martyn Brabbins Johannes Brahms Peter Brathwaite Tyondai Braxton Charlotte Bray Kanen Breen Alfred Brendel Benjamin Britten Zoe Brookshaw Earle Brown Max Bruch Anton Bruckner Rudolf Buchbinder Susan Bullock Julia Bullock Max Burger James Burton Ferruccio Busoni Leonard Butler Clara Butt George Butterworth Dietrich Buxtehude William Byrd Dorothy Byrne Britta Byström Oscar Byström Georg Böhm Karl Böhm Montserrat Caballé John Cage Samuel Capricornus Renaud Capuçon Marchetto Cara Cornelius Cardew Karen Cargill Teresa Carreño Elliott Carter Robert Casadesus Edward Noble Catlin Francesco Cavalli George Whitefield Chadwick Fei-Fei Chao Janice Chapman Helen Charlston Marc-Antoine Charpentier Claire Chase Francesca Chiejina Susan Chilcott Erik Chisholm Frédéric Chopin Georg Christoph Wagenseil Harry Christophers Andrea Chudak Francesco Cilea Ann Cleare Van Cliburn Albert Coates Gloria Coates Pierre Cochereau Jonathan Cohen David Cohen Grant Colburn Dan Coleman Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Jorge Navarro Colorado Alexandra Conunova Imogen Cooper Arcangelo Corelli François Couperin Lucy Crowe Roland Cunningham Louis-Claude Daquin Iestyn Davies Colin Davis Lynne Dawson Claude Debussy Alfred Deller Norman Dello Joio Jeremy Denk Steven Devine Joyce DiDonato Louis Diehl Suzi Digby James Dillon Conrad Doll Gaetano Donizetti Jonathan Dove John Dowland Finnegan Downie Dear Theodore Drury Marcel Dupré Patrick Dupré Quigley Antonín Dvořák John Eccles Julian Edwards Sian Edwards James Ehnes Hanns Eisler Mark Elder Edward Elgar Olari Elts Henry Ely Akira Endo George Enescu Titus Engel Tara Erraught Thierry Escaich Mahan Esfahani Lois Ewell Harriet Eyley Manuel de Falla Morton Feldman Carlo Felice Cillario Joan Magrané Figuera David Finckel Gerald Finzi Julia Fischer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Anthony Flaum Cheryl Frances-Hoad Luca Francesconi Hubert Francis César Franck David Fray Daryl Freedman Gottlob Frick Wilhelm Furtwängler Giovanni Gabrieli Marco da Gagliano Ivan Galamian Thibaut Garcia Raquel García-Tomás John Eliot Gardiner David Garrett Nicolai Gedda Valery Gergiev Christian Gerhaher Robert Gerhard George Gershwin Orlando Gibbons Casimir Gide Ola Gjeilo Philip Glass Christoph Willibald von Gluck Alexander Goehr Sascha Goetzel Itamar Golan Rivka Golani Jerry Goldsmith Emiliano Gonzalez Toro Randall Goosby Michael Zev Gordon Thomas Gould Glenn Gould Andrew Gourlay Enrique Granados William Grant Still Jordan Grigg Helen Grime Charles Groves Francisco Guerrero Alexandre Guilmant Friedrich Gulda Jesús Guridi Bidaola Mikołaj Górecki Hilary Hahn Bernard Haitink Ann Hallenberg Micha Hamel Joan Hammond Wu Han George Frideric Handel Nikolaus Harnoncourt Michael Harrison Anna Harvey John Hawkins Leah Hawkins Joseph Haydn Jake Heggie Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel Pamela Helen Stephen Percy Heming Eldbjørg Hemsing Skitch Henderson Michael Henkel Sebastian Aguilera de Heredia Saioa Hernández Jacob Herschel Ferdinand Hiller Paul Hindemith Louis Hirsch E. T. A. Hoffmann Eugene Holmes Franz von Holstein Ignaz Holzbauer Lisa Hopkins Hyppolyt Hopp Vladimir Horowitz Stephen Hough Alan Hovhaness Herbert Howells Gerold Huber Klaus Huber Ruby Hughes Ramón Humet Pelham Humfrey Johann Nepomuk Hummel Engelbert Humperdinck Alina Ibragimova Bergliot Ibsen Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Heinrich Isaac Nicholas Isherwood Steven Isserlis Stuart Jackson René Jacobs Eli Jaffe Clément Janequin Gundula Janowitz Mariss Jansons Leoš Janáček Philippe Jaroussky Katherine Jenkins Karl Jenkins Kevin John Edusei Stephen Johns Betsy Jolas Martin Jones Richard Jones Scott Joplin Leila Josefowicz François Joseph Gossec Marie-Josèphe Jude Vladimir Jurowski Jóhann Jóhannsson Mauricio Kagel Ilya Kaler Kirill Karabits Herbert von Karajan Christiane Karg Jonas Kaufmann Ulysses Kay Wilhelm Kempff Angelika Kirchschlager Felix Klieser Oliver Knussen Kazimierz Kord Stephen Kovacevich Fritz Kreisler Johann Kuhnau György Kurtág Pekka Kuusisto Ilkka Kuusisto Edouard Lalo Wanda Landowska Lang Lang Tessa Lark Orlande de Lassus Winifred Lawson Mhairi Lawson Walter Legge Isabel Leonard Ruggero Leoncavallo Raymond Leppard Simon Lepper Xavier Leroux Igor Levit David Lewin Lionel Lhote Rolf Liebermann György Ligeti Liza Lim Magnus Lindberg Jaap ter Linden Franz Liszt Elizabeth Llewellyn Grant Llewellyn Andrew Lloyd Webber Matthew Locke Edward Loder Kate Loder Frank Loesser Carl Loewe Georges Longy James Loughran Albert Louis Wolff Frances Lucey Fabio Luisi Witold Lutosławski Elisabeth Lutyens Oksana Lyniv James MacMillan Charles Mackerras Lucas Macías Navarro Gustav Mahler Omar Vladimir Marcano Alexander Markov Alexey Markov Wynton Marsalis Matthew Martin Jean Martinon Carlos Marín Pietro Mascagni Jules Massenet Donald Maxwell Manfred Mayrhofer Missy Mazzoli Paul McCreesh Anthony McGill Zubin Mehta Fanny Mendelssohn Felix Mendelssohn Elena Mendoza López Yehudi Menuhin Ivan Menzies François-Xavier Mercier Gustav Merkel Klaus Mertens Karl Merz Olivier Messiaen Giacomo Meyerbeer Joseph Middleton Nathalia Milstein Nathan Milstein Marilyn Mims Anna Moffo Nicholas Mogg Liudmyla Monastyrska Georg Matthias Monn Claudio Monteverdi William Henry Montgomery Latonia Moore Susan Moore Thomas Moore John Moorehead Cristóbal de Morales Michael Morgan Junko Mori Ludovic Morlot Ennio Morricone Nico Muhly Nicholas Mulroy Lawrence R. Mumford John Murphy Riccardo Muti Paweł Jan Mykietyn Susanna Mälkki Johanna Müller-Hermann Minnie Nast Robert Nathaniel Dett Szymon Nehring Andris Nelsons Anna Netrebko Olga Neuwirth James Newby Nokuthula Ngwenyama Eric Paul Nichols Joaquín Nin Cooper Nolan Frederic Norton Yannick Nézet-Séguin Juan Carlos Núñez Alec O'Leary Jacques Offenbach Alice Sara Ott Eric Owens Johann Pachelbel Mark Padmore Niccolò Paganini Giovanni da Palestrina Ben Palmer Jorma Panula Luciano Pavarotti Stephen Paxton Anthony Payne Morgan Pearse Krzysztof Penderecki Francesco Pennisi Itzhak Perlman Roberta Peters Kirill Petrenko Andrey Petrov Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky Peter Philips Astor Piazzolla Tobias Picker John Pierce Rowan Pierce Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck Germain Pinel Maria João Pires Walter Piston Christina Pluhar Jean-Marie Plum Rachel Podger Ferdinand Poise Lily Pons Lucia Popp Enno Poppe Michel Portal Tom Poster Francis Poulenc Michael Praetorius Menahem Pressler André Previn Fernando Previtali Florence Price William Primrose John Pritchard Sergei Prokofiev Julien Proulx Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth Giacomo Puccini Henry Purcell John Purser Toby Purser Arvo Pärt Sergei Rachmaninoff Sondra Radvanovsky Jean-Philippe Rameau Suzanne Ramon Simon Rattle Maurice Ravel Rachel Redmond Max Reger Fritz Reiner Max Rhode James Rhodes Jérémie Rhorer Christine Rice Ashley Riches André Rieu William Rimmer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Carlo Rizzi David Robertson Richard Rodney Bennett Moriz Rosenthal Michael Rosewell Scott Ross Gioachino Rossini Nino Rota François-Xavier Roth Donald Runnicles Friedrich Wilhelm Rust John Rutter Andri Björn Róbertsson Miklós Rózsa Anna S. Þorvaldsdóttir Kaija Saariaho Chevalier de Saint-Georges Camille Saint-Saëns Antonio Salieri Esa-Pekka Salonen Lorenzo Salvi Carolyn Sampson Herbert Sanders Carlos Sandoval Jukka-Pekka Saraste Erik Satie Rebecca Saunders Jordi Savall Samuel Scheidt Johann Hermann Schein András Schiff Michael Schneider Arnold Schoenberg Peter Schram Karl Schröder II Franz Schubert Johann Abraham Peter Schulz Klaus Schulze Robert Schumann Isaac Schwartz Gustav Schwegler Julia Schwob Heinrich Schütz Levy Sekgapane Svatopluk Sem Ludwig Senfl Raphael Severe Gil Shaham William Shakespeare En Shao Caroline Shaw Arthur Shepherd John Sheppard Heather Shipp George Shirley Howard Shore Dmitri Shostakovich Jean Sibelius Ferdinand Sieber Mark Simpson Leonard Slatkin Walter Slaughter Bedřich Smetana Hopkinson Smith Leo Smith Ethel Smyth Artur Penha Soares Temistocle Solera Georg Solti Harry Somers Stephen Sondheim Dale Sorensen Jeannette Sorrell Michel de Souza Nicky Spence Toby Spence Michael Spyres Andrew Staples Ethel Stark Andrew B. Sterling Isaac Stern John Stevenson Gisela Stille Karlheinz Stockhausen Krassimira Stoyanova Richard Strauss Johann Strauss II Igor Stravinsky Clive Strutt Arthur Sullivan Joan Sutherland Giles Swayne William Sweeney Joseph Swensen Henryk Szeryng Dobrinka Tabakova Tōru Takemitsu Klára Takács Josef Tal Georg Tales Thomas Tallis Antoine Tamestit Conrad Tao Georg Philipp Telemann Giusto Fernando Tenducci Christian Thielemann Bryden Thomson Virgil Thomson Michael Tippett Vincenzo Tommasini Giuseppe Torelli Donald Tovey Joan Tower Edward Travis Daniil Trifonov Francesco Tristano Schlimé Rainer Trost Tatiana Troyanos Helena Tulve Joaquín Turina Eva Turner Mitsuko Uchida Elena Urioste Pierre Vachon Vanessa Vanessa-Mae Edgard Varèse Pēteris Vasks Svetla Vassileva Vivi Vassileva Ralph Vaughan Williams Giuseppe Verdi Rolando Villazón Guillaume Vincent Antonio Vivaldi Georg Joseph Vogler Fats Waller John Walsh William Walton Yuja Wang Huw Watkins Amherst Webber Carl Maria von Weber Anton Webern Mieczysław Weinberg Judith Weir Hans Werner Henze Martin West Paul Whelan Peter Whelan Jeremy White Gillian Whitehead Ryan Wigglesworth Mark Wigglesworth Johann Wilhelm Hässler John Williams Roderick Williams John Wilson Antoni Wit Julia Wolfe Christian Wolff John Worgan Dingle Yandell Adrian K. Yee Takashi Yoshimatsu Vincent Youmans Eugène Ysaÿe Yuriy Yurchuk Nikos Zaccaria Alexander von Zemlinsky Xian Zhang John Zorn Marguerite d'd'Alvarez Lise de la Salle Sofiä Ğobäydullinä
Orchestras & Ensembles (94)
American Opera Company Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (Fulton County) Attacca Quartet BBC National Orchestra of Wales BBC Symphony Orchestra (London) Bampton Classical Opera Baroque Orchestra Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin Philharmonic Boston Camerata Britten Sinfonia Canadian Brass Chanticleer Chelsea Opera Chelsea Opera Group Chicago Chorale Chicago Symphony Orchestra City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra City of London Sinfonia Cleveland Orchestra Deller Consort Deutsche Oper Berlin (Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf) Dover Quartet Dresdner Kammerchor Dunedin Consort Dutch National Opera (Amsterdam) English Touring Opera Ensemble Clément Janequin Fargo-Moorhead Symphony Orchestra Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Gabrieli Consort Grange Park Opera (West Horsley) Greek National Opera (Kallithea Municipality) Greenville Symphony Orchestra Hanover Band International Contemporary Ensemble Irish Baroque Orchestra JACK Quartet Kansas City Symphony Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Les Talens Lyriques (Paris) London Concertante London Philharmonic Orchestra London Sinfonietta London Symphony Orchestra (Barbican Centre) Mahler Chamber Orchestra Metropolitan Opera (New York City) Minnesota Orchestra (Minneapolis) Monteverdi Choir Munich Philharmonic Music Central Musica Ricercata National Philharmonic Orchestra National Symphony Orchestra (Washington, D.C.) National Youth Orchestra of Canada (Toronto) National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain New World Symphony (Miami Beach) New York Philharmonic Orchestra Northern Sinfonia Oakland Symphony Onyx Brass Opera Holland Park (Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea) Opera North (Leeds) Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Orchestre de Paris Pacific Symphony (Santa Ana) Philadelphia Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Portsmouth Sinfonia Queensland Symphony Orchestra RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra (Monroe County) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra San Bernardino Symphony San Francisco Girls Chorus San Francisco Opera San Francisco Symphony Schola Cantorum Seattle Opera Seattle Symphony Seraphic Fire Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra Sydney Symphony Orchestra Takács Quartet Tallis Scholars Tokyo Symphony Orchestra (Shinjuku) Toronto Mendelssohn Choir Tête à Tête Ulysses Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Vienna State Opera house (Innere Stadt) Vox Luminis
Opera houses, Concert halls & Festivals (38)
Aldeburgh Festival BBC Proms (London) Bolshoi Theatre (Tverskoy District) Cadogan Hall (Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea) Carnegie Hall (Manhattan) Concertgebouw (Amsterdam) Festival de Lanaudière Gewandhaus (Zentrum) Grimeborn (East London) Handel Festival (Halle (Saale)) Harpa (Reykjavík) Komische Oper (Berlin) Komische Oper Berlin (Berlin-Mitte) La Scala (Milan) Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (Manhattan) London Handel Festival Longborough Festival Opera Lucerne Festival Mariinsky Theatre (Saint Petersburg) Memorial Opera House (Valparaiso) Musikverein (Innere Stadt) Nevill Holt Opera (Leicestershire) Newark Symphony Hall Opera San José (San Jose) Opéra-Comique (Paris) Purcell Room (London Borough of Lambeth) Queen Elizabeth Hall (London Borough of Lambeth) Royal Albert Hall (City of Westminster) Royal Festival Hall (London Borough of Lambeth) Royal Opera House (City of Westminster) Sage Gateshead Salzburg Festival Tanglewood (Lenox) Teatro Real (Palacio) Walt Disney Concert Hall (Los Angeles) War Memorial Opera House (San Francisco) Wigmore Hall (City of Westminster) Zürich Opera House