German-French cellist Nicolas Altstaedt is one of the most sought after and versatile artists today. As a soloist, conductor and artistic director he performs repertoire spanning from early music to the contemporary. Nicolas Altstaedt was and Artist in Residence at the SWR Orchestra with Teodor Currentzis in 2019/20. Nicolas Altstaedt performs regularly with the most renowned orchestras around the world, including the Vienna and London Philharmonic, Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, NHK, Washington, OPRF and ONF Paris with conductors such as Gustavo Dudamel, Esa-Pekka Salonen Sir Roger Norrington, Lahav Shani, FX Roth as well with ensembles as “Il Giardino Armonico” under Giovanni Antonini, René Jacobs and Philippe Herreweghe.
Joint appearances with composers such as Thomas Adès, Jörg Widmann, Wolfgang Rihm also consolidate his reputation as an outstanding interpreter of contemporary music.
In 2012 Nicolas Altstaedt succeeded Gidon Kremer as artistic director of the Lockenhaus Chamber Music Festival, and in 2014 he succeeded Ádám Fischer in this position at the Haydn Philharmonic.
As a chamber musician, Nicolas’ partners include Janine Jansen, Jean Rondeau and the Quatuor Ébène.
His recent recording of his Lockenhaus Festival garnered the BBC Music Magazine 2020 and Grammophone Award 2020. He received the BBC Music Magazine Concerto Award 2017 for his recording of CPE Bach Concertos with Arcangelo and Jonathan Cohen and the Edison Klassiek 2017 for his recording with Fazil Say.
