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Hailed as a “master storyteller” for his superb technique, purity and warmth of tone and directness of communication (The Australian), German-French cellist Nicolas Altstaedt is one of the most eminent cellists on today’s international stage, performing with such distinguished orchestras and conductors as the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic, Budapest Festival Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Paavo Järvi, Iván Fischer, Vasily Petrenko, Edward Gardner etc. Altstaedt reunites with Hong Kong Sinfonietta in their season-opening concert to perform Walton’s Cello Concerto, a centrepiece of 20^th century cello literature, under the baton of Music Director Christoph Poppen. The concert also features Beethoven’s timeless Symphony No 2, and Japanese rising star composer Naoki Sakata’s mesmerising Zanzou no Utsuwa (Vessel of Afterimage).

Nicolas Altstaedt (Cello)

★★★★★
BBC Music Magazine

“Heart-stopping intensity.”
The Telegraph

“Thrillingly played.”
The Guardian

“Nicolas Altstaedt is an artist a category on its own.”
Hamburger Abendblatt

“The range of timbre, dynamics, and characterisation in these performances is phenomenal.”
The Strad

• Artistic Director, Lockenhaus Chamber Music Festival
• 2024/2025 highlights include debuts with Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (Pintscher), Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen (Adès) and Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Emelyanychev), as well as returns to Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (Gardner), Konzerthausorchester Berlin (Mallwitz), WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln (Schwartz), Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Philharmonia Orchestra (Järvi) etc
• Winner, Gramophone Classical Music Award 2020
• Winner, Musikpreis der Stadt Duisburg 2018
• Winner, BBC Music Magazine Concerto Award 2017
• Winner, Credit Suisse Award 2010

Featured artists:

Christoph Poppen
(Music Director)

Nicolas Altstaedt
(Cello)