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