World-renowned cello virtuoso Nicolas Altstaedt is coming to Vilnius. 29 October. The cello star, who represents Germany and France, will perform at the National Philharmonic with the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Modestas Pitrėnas. "What makes his interpretations special is his ability to communicate directly. His sound is characterised by such purity and warmth that every note sounds like the words of a masterful storyteller," wrote The Australian about the cellist.

Nicolas Altstaedt's astonishing career began in 2010 when he made his debut at the Lucerne Festival with the legendary Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Gustavo Dudamel. Altstaedt regularly appears with orchestras such as the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Krzysztof Urbanski, the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Lahav Shani, the Budapest Festival Orchestra conducted by Iván Fischer, the BBC Orchestra, the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra of the Zurich Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestra of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestra of the Zurich Philharmonic, the Orchestra of the Zurich Philharmonic, and the Orchestra of the Royal Philharmonic Society;"Tonhalle-Orchester, French National Orchestra and many others. At the Helsinki Festival, the cellist played under the baton of the renowned Esa-Pekka Salonen. Incidentally, one of Altstaedt's cello professors in his youth was David Gering.

Violoncellist Nicolas  Altstaedt is one of the most anticipated artists on the world's most famous stages today. His repertoire ranges from early to contemporary music and he performs on both historical and modern instruments. This season Altstaedt has performed with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestre des Champs-Elysées under Philippe Herreweghe, the Australian Chamber Orchestra, the early music ensemble Arcangelo under Jonathan Cohen, and the Montreal and Bamberg Symphony Orchestras, amongst other renowned ensembles.

His passion for early music is realised in concerts with Il Giardino Armonico (Giovanni Antonini), B'Rock (René Jacobs), Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, etc. His versatility is also reflected in the fact that Nicolas Altstaedt also takes up the baton as a conductor and directs festivals. In 2012, Altstaedt succeeded Gidon Kremer as conductor of the Lokenhaus Chamber Music Festival, and as successor to the renowned Ádám Fischer, he was conductor of the Haydn Philharmonic Orchestra at the Ésterházy Palace from 2014 to 2021.

The cello virtuoso has appeared at the Salzburg Mozart and Summer Festivals, the Verbier Festival, and the BBC Proms. His recordings from the Lokenhaus Festival won the BBC Music Magazine Award and the Gramophone Classical Music Award in 2020. In 2017 he was awarded the BBC Music Magazine Concerto Award for his Hyperion release of Altstaedt's Concertos by J.S. Bach with the Arcangelo Ensemble. Recorded with renowned pianist Fazil Say in Vilnius last year and released by Warner Classics, it won the AFAS Edison Klassiek award in the same year.

Altstaedt is an incredibly compelling performer of the latest music. He has dedicated his Cello Concertos and other works to the composer by such renowned contemporary composers as Thomas Adès, Fazil Say, Sofia Gubaidulina, Wolfgang Rihm, Erkki-Sven Tüür and others. In Vilnius, Altstaedt will play Esa-Pekka Salonen's Concerto for Cello and Orchestra. Written in 2017, the work was composed for the renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma, who premiered it with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Salonen himself.

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