Nicolas Altstaedt

Nicolas Altstaedt (born 1982, Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany) is a German/French classical cellist.

German/French cellist Nicolas Altstaedt is renowned for his creativity and versatility, in his captivating performances of repertoire on both modern and gut strings.

Awarded the Credit Suisse Young Artist Award 2010 he performed the Schumann concerto in a highly acclaimed debut with the Vienna Philharmonic under Gustavo Dudamel at the Lucerne Festival. Since then he has performed worldwide with orchestras such as the Tonhalle Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic, Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, all BBC Symphony Orchestras, Melbourne-and New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra working with conductors Sir Roger Norrington, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Sir Neville Marriner, Sakari Oramo, Krzysztof Urbański, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Andrew manse, Vladimir Fedosseyev, Andrey Boreyko, Fabien Gabel, Thomas Dausgaard, Emmanuel Krivine, Dmitri Slobodeniouk, Lahav Shani, Thomas Hengelbrock, Leif Segerstam, Giovanni Antonini and Andrea Marcon amongst many others.

Highlights in the next seasons include performances with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra and the Australian Chamber orchestra on tour at major european venues, debuts with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Helsinki and Rotterdam Philharmonic, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra in the opening weeks of the Elbphilharmonie and as artist in residence 18/19, Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, Basel Chamber Orchestra with Giovanni Antonini, Hungarian National Philharmonic, NDR Hanover, MDR Leipzig, Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne, Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Concertgebouw Chamber and English Chamber Orchestra amongst others. He returns to the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Duisburg Philharmonic as artist in residence, SWR Radio Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart, Strasbourg Philharmonic and Basel Symphony Orchestra.

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