Music

Programme
Lully
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme: Instrumental Suite

Henri Dutilleux
Tout un Monde Lointain… for Cello & Orchestra (1970)

Beethoven
Symphony No 7 in A, Op 92

Nicolas Altstaedt (Cello)
★★★★★ BBC Music Magazine

“One of the cello realm’s most brilliant young princes.” Huffington Post

“Heart-stopping intensity.” The Telegraph

“An absolute revelation. Huffington Post

“The perfect performer for Henri Dutilleux’s difficult cello concerto Tout un Monde Lointain…
the delicate tonal colours unveiled, the ethereal beauty brought forth.” Hamburger Abendblatt

Winner, Duisburg Music Prize 2018
Artist in Residence 2018/2019, NDR Elbphilharmonie Hamburg
Artist in Spotlight 2017/2018, Amsterdam Concertgebouw
Artistic Director, Haydn Philharmonie
Chosen by Gidon Kremer in 2012 as his successor as Artistic Director of the renowned Lockenhaus Chamber Music Festival
Has performed with orchestras and conductors such as Vienna Philharmonic, BBC Symphony, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Gustavo Dudamel, Vladimir Ashkenazy and Sir Neville Marriner
Chamber music partners include Janine Jansen, Fazıl Say, Vilde Frang, Pekka Kuusisto

David Greilsammer (Conductor)
“One of the most accomplished and adventurous musicians of his generation.” The New York Times

Music and Artistic Director, Geneva Camerata
Appears regularly as pianist and conductor with prestigious orchestras such as San Francisco Symphony, Philharmonique de Radio-France and Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra
Henri Dutilleux (1916 – 2013) (Composer)
One of the most important French composers in the modern age alongside Messiaen and Boulez
Had received commissions from such artists as Mstislav Rostropovich, Isaac Stern, George Szell, Seiji Ozawa, Simon Rattle, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Juilliard String Quartet, etc