Pasaulinė violončelės žvaigždė NICOLAS ALTSTAEDT ir LNSO

The world-famous cello virtuoso Nicolas Altstaedt is coming to Vilnius. October 29 The cello star representing Germany and France will perform at the National Philharmonic with the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Modestas Pitrėnas. "The quality that makes his interpretations special is the ability to communicate directly. The sound he produces is characterized by such purity and warmth that every note sounds like the words of a master storyteller," The Australian newspaper wrote 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 Gustav Dudamel. Altstaedt appears regularly with such orchestras as the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra under Krzysztof Urbanski, the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra under Lahav Shani, the Budapest Festival Orchestra under Iván Fischer, all BBC Orchestras, the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, the Bavarian Radio Symphony, the Zurich Tonhalle-Orchester, the French National orchestra and many others. At the Helsinki Festival, the cellist played under the baton of the famous Esa-Pekka Salonen. By the way, one of Altstaedt's cello professors, with whom he studied in his youth, was David Gering.

The cellist Nicolas Altstaedt is one of the most anticipated artists on the world's most famous stages today. His repertoire includes works from old to contemporary music, he plays both historical and modern instruments. This season, Altstaedt gave concerts with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchester des Champs-Elysées conducted by Philippe Herreweghe, the Australian Chamber Orchestra, the early music ensemble Arcangelo conducted by Jonathan Cohen, played with the Montreal and Bamberg symphony orchestras and other notable ensembles .

Altstaedt realizes his passion for old music by performing with the ensembles "Il Giardino Armonico" (conductor Giovanni Antonini), "B'Rock" (conductor René Jacobs) , Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, etc. The versatility of the artist is also manifested in the fact that Nicolas Altstaedt also takes up the conductor's baton, and also manages festivals. in 2012 Altstaedt replaced Gidon Kremer as director of the Lockenhaus Chamber Music Festival as successor to the renowned Ádám Fischer for the period 2014-2021. was the conductor of the Haydn Philharmonic Orchestra at the Ésterházy Palace.

The cello virtuoso performs at the Salzburg Mozart and Summer Festivals, the Verbier Festival, the BBC Proms, etc. The artist has also won awards for audio recordings: 2020 his recordings from the Lockenhouse Festival won the BBC Music Magazine Award and the Gramophone Classical Music Award. in 2017 he was awarded the BBC Music Magazine Concerto Award for the Hyperion album in which Altstaedt performs Bach's Concertos with the Arcangelo Ensemble. The disc recorded with the famous pianist Fazil Say, who performed last year in Vilnius and released by Warner Classics, won the AFAS Edison Klassiek award in the same year. Altstaedt is an incredibly compelling and innovative artist. Famous contemporary composers such as Thomas Adès, Fazil Say, Sofija Gubaidulina, Wolfgang Rihm, Erkki-Sven Tüür and others have dedicated their Cello Concertos and other works to him.

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