Bachtrack, the world’s largest London based classical music listings site has released the statistics for the past year. In 2017 Bachtrack listed over 32.000 (!) concerts and performances of classical music across the globe, so their statistics are the truest reflection of the international scene possible.
We are extremely proud that three Classical Concert Agency artists have been among the busiest musicians in 2017: cellist István Várdai and pianist Dénes Várjon finished first, whereas violinist Kristóf Baráti was eighth. Here are the results.
Piano
1. Dénes Várjon
2-3. Daniil Trifonov and Yuja Wang
4-5. Leif Ove Andsnes and Sir András Schiff
6. Emanuel Ax
7. Denis Kozhukhin
8. Jean-Yves Thibaudet
9. Pierre-Laurent Aimard
10.Kirill Gerstein
Cello
1. István Várdai
2. Truls Mørk
3. Gautier Capuçon
4. Sol Gabetta
5. Daniel Müller-Schott
6. Jean-Guihen Queyras
7. Steven Isserlis
8. Johannes Moser
9. Alisa Weilerstein
10.Alice Neary
Violin
1. Leonidas Kavakos
2. Ray Chen
3. Nicola Benedetti
4-5. Joshua Bell and Anne-Sophie Mutter
6-7. Baiba Skride and Christian Tetzlaff
8-11. James Ehnes, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Gil Shaham and Kristóf Baráti