ACO Presents: Altstaedt Plays Haydn & Tchaikovsky - Newcastle City Hall

“The compelling French-German cellist Nicolas Altstaedt gave a performance that thoroughly conveyed its audacious, even radical elemen.” – New York Times

In 2023 Australia voted the cello as the country’s favourite instrument in the ABC Classic 100 Instrument Countdown. In 2024 audiences will have the opportunity to experience a true master of the instrument, world-renowned cellist Nicolas Al tstaedt, who will make his ACO debut with Haydn’s beloved Cello Concerto in C major and Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations in Altstaedt Plays Haydn & Tchaikovsky. It’s been more than a decade since the young cellist burst onto the world stage as a BBC New Generation Artist, with his unruly curls, unorthodox concert attire and pure talent, and since then, he’s piled up musical accolades from the stages of New York, London and beyond.

German-French cellist Nicolas Altstaedt burst onto the world stage as a BBC New Generation Artist, making his solo debut with the Vienna Philharmonic under Gustavo Dudamel. Since then, he’s piled up musical accolades from the stages of New York, London and beyond as a sought-after soloist, conductor and artistic director, performing a staggeringly vast range of repertoire from early music to contemporary.  

PROGRAM

JOSEPH HAYDN (arr. strings) Seven Last Words of Christ (selections) GYÖRGY KURTÁG (arr. strings) Officium breve in memoriam Andreae Szervánszky (selections) PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY (arr. strings) Rococo Variations SÁNDOR VERESS Four Transylvanian Dances IANNIS XENAKIS Aroura JOSEPH HAYDN (arr. strings) Cello Concerto in C major