{{Short description|Online music magazine}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}} {{Use British English|date=July 2018}} {{italic title}} {{Infobox website | name = ''Bachtrack'' | logo = Bachtrack logo rectangle black 1024.png | logo_size = | company_type = Limited company | foundation = London, United Kingdom | location = London, United Kingdom | key_people = David Karlin, Alison Karlin | url = [https://bachtrack.com bachtrack.com] | website_type = Online magazine, music website | language = English, French, German, Spanish | launch_date = January 2008 }} '''''Bachtrack''''' is a London-based international online music magazine which publishes listings of classical music, opera, ballet and dance, as well as reviews of these genres, interviews and general feature articles.
==History== Bachtrack Ltd was registered on 3 December 2007 by David Karlin and Alison Karlin.<ref name="registration">{{cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/06443197|title=Company Overview – Bachtrack Ltd|publisher=Companies House|accessdate=4 March 2018}}</ref> The website bachtrack.com was launched in January 2008, the following month.
''Bachtrack''{{'}}s event finder initially covered the UK only. In 2009, coverage expanded to include the US and Europe.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=On the right track |work=Arts Industry|page=16|date=20 November 2009}}</ref> The finder permitted users to "search for events by date, country, city, festival, venue, work, composer or musician".<ref name='Christiansen'>{{cite news|last=Christiansen|first=Rupert|authorlink=Rupert Christiansen|date=18 January 2010|title=Click here for the key to classical music|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|page=30}}</ref> By 2010, the site listed 7,000 events and was being described favourably by both local London and national UK press.<ref>{{cite news |last=White |first=Michael |date=7 January 2010 |title=A valet service to get your 2010 diary sorted |work=Ham & High |location=IV}}</ref><ref name='Christiansen' /> ''Bachtrack''{{'}}s first mobile app was launched in late 2009.<ref>{{cite news|last=Service|first=Tom|authorlink=Tom Service|date=4 December 2009|title=Has ''Bachtrack'' cracked classical music on your mobile?|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/tomserviceblog/2009/dec/04/classical-music-mobile-app-bachtrack|work=The Guardian|access-date=4 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Jolly|first=James|date=February 2010|title=Tune Surfing|url=https://www.gramophone.co.uk/editorial/tune-surfing-february-2010|work=Gramophone|access-date=4 March 2018}}</ref>
In July 2010, ''Bachtrack'' was named as no. 5 in ''Classical Music'' magazine's top ten Web Winners.<ref>{{cite news |last=Stewart |first=Andrew |date=17 July 2010 |title=Who's hot and who's not in the world of music websites? |work=Classical Music|page= 22}}</ref>
Later in 2010, ''Bachtrack'' started publishing reviews of classical music to accompany its listings database. In 2013, a redesigned site permitted operation in French and German, with some original content written in those languages. Spanish was added the following year; however, the main language of the site remains English.
==Database of event listings==
''Bachtrack''{{'}}s database of forthcoming performances covers events worldwide, although coverage varies by country, with the UK generally having the largest number of events listed. The content is crowdsourced, with many listings input by users, who are often the promoters of the event.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Music-themed tourism: mobile apps are turning the volume up |url=http://www.eyefortravel.com/mobile-and-technology/music-themed-tourism-mobile-apps-are-turning-volume |work=EyeforTravel |date=6 November 2012 |access-date=4 March 2018 }}</ref>
==Annual classical music statistics==
Every January, ''Bachtrack'' publishes statistics about the performances listed in its database for the previous year.<ref>[https://bachtrack.com/classical-music-statistics-2018 Bachtrack: Lenny Bernstein and Women Composers: the Bachtrack Classical Music Statistics for 2018] 07 January 2019, ''bachtrack.com'', accessed 16 January 2019</ref> These receive widespread media attention across the world, in many publications including ''The New York Times'',<ref>{{cite news |last=Heyman |first=Stephen |date=21 January 2015 |title=Beyond Beethoven and Mozart, Twists in the Classical Canon |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/22/arts/international/beyond-beethoven-and-mozart-twists-in-the-classical-canon.html|work=The New York Times|access-date=4 March 2018}}</ref> ''The Wall Street Journal'',<ref>{{cite news |last=Isacoff |first=Stuart |date=17 January 2017 |title=Why Do We Still Love Tchaikovsky? |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-do-we-still-love-tchaikovsky-1484689215|work=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=4 March 2018 }}</ref> ''The Guardian'',<ref>{{cite news|last=Service|first=Tom|authorlink=Tom Service|date=7 January 2015|title=Classical music in 2014 – still dominated by dead white men's music performed by living white men|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/tomserviceblog/2015/jan/07/classical-music-2014-still-male-dominated-bachtrack|work=The Guardian|access-date=4 March 2018}}</ref> France Musique,<ref>{{cite news |last=Anastasio |first=Sofia |date=10 January 2017 |title=Les statistiques de la musique classique en 2016|trans-title=Classical music statistics for 2016|url=https://www.francemusique.fr/actualite-musicale/les-statistiques-de-la-musique-classique-en-2016-31554|language=French|work=France Musique|access-date=4 March 2018 }}</ref> Clásica FM Radio,<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=11 January 2017 |title=Estos son el compositor y la obra más interpretados en 2016 |trans-title=These are the composers and the works most performed in 2016 |url=http://clasicafmradio.es/podcasts/noticias/estos-compositor-la-obra-mas-interpretados-2016/ |language=Spanish |work=Clásica FM Radio |access-date=4 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215204337/http://clasicafmradio.es/podcasts/noticias/estos-compositor-la-obra-mas-interpretados-2016 |archive-date=15 December 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and ''Izvestia''.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=10 January 2013 |title=Названы самые исполняемые композиторы 2012 года|trans-title= The most performed composers of 2012 named|url=https://iz.ru/news/542604 |language=Russian|work=Izvestia|access-date=4 March 2018}}</ref>
==Reviews== ''Bachtrack'' publishes reviews of concerts, opera, ballet and dance performances in a large number of countries, claiming to have published its 10,000th review in December 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bachtrack.com/article-bachtrack-publishes-its-10000th-review-december-2016 |title=''Bachtrack'' publishes its 10,000th review |publisher=Bachtrack |access-date=4 March 2018}}</ref> ''Bachtrack''{{'}}s reviews are referred to by other arts publications<ref>{{cite web |last=Locke |first=Ralph P. |date=4 October 2017 |title=Elder Conducts ''Lohengrin''|url=http://www.operatoday.com/content/2017/10/elder_conducts_.php |work=Opera Today |access-date=4 March 2018 }}</ref> and performers' websites.<ref>{{cite web |date=16 May 2017 |title=Benedetti's Stradivarius leaves footprint in the National Auditorium |url=http://www.nicolabenedetti.co.uk/news/1463/ |access-date=4 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180510185033/http://www.nicolabenedetti.co.uk/news/1463/ |archive-date=10 May 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Kristóf Baráti Reviews |url=https://www.intermusica.co.uk/artist/Kristof-Barati/reviews |work=Intermusica |access-date=4 March 2018 }}</ref>
==Articles== In addition to reviews, ''Bachtrack'' publishes general articles including previews of festivals and concert/opera seasons, as well as interviews with performers and industry figures. A number of interviews have sparked interest in the general media, including soprano Lisette Oropesa's statement that she needed to lose weight in order to be cast in the roles she wanted,<ref>{{cite news |last=Sanderson |first=David |date=11 January 2018 |title=Lisette Oropesa says operas won't let the fat ladies sing |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/article/lisette-oropesa-says-operas-won-t-let-the-fat-ladies-sing-85xmxc7ph|work=The Times|location=London|access-date=4 March 2018}}</ref> and tenor Stuart Skelton's comments about English National Opera.<ref>{{cite news |last=Brown |first=Mark |date=9 March 2017 |title=La La Land music director to work with English National Opera |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/mar/09/la-la-land-music-director-marius-de-vries-english-national-opera|work=The Guardian|access-date=4 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Sanderson |first=David |date=27 February 2017 |title=Poisoned ENO is run by the wrong people, says top tenor |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/theatre-dance/article/poisoned-eno-is-run-by-the-wrong-people-says-top-tenor-8n5hjzs6j|work=The Times|location=London|access-date=4 March 2018}}</ref>
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