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His acclaimed debut with the Vienna Philharmonic and Gustavo Dudamel at the Lucerne Festival launched collaborations with leading orchestras worldwide including the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Budapest Festival and Philharmonia Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, NHK working with conductors like Ivan Fischer, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Lahav Shani, Francois Xavier Roth, Gianandrea Noseda and Paavo J\u00e4rvi. Nicolas is often performing on period instruments and regularly working with Il Giardino Armonico and Giovanni Antonini, Philippe Herreweghe, Ren\u00e9 Jacobs, Jean Rondeau and Thomas Dunford. Joint appearances and premieres with Thomas Ad\u00e8s, Sofia Gubaidulina, Wolfgang Rihm, J\u00f6rg Widmann, Heinz Holliger and Liza Lim make him a passionate advocate for contemporary music. Altstaedt had been chosen by Gidon Kremer as the Artistic Director of the Lockenhaus Chamber Music Festival since 2012 and is going to be Artistic Partner of the Tapiola Sinfonietta for the next three seasons. His recordings have received numerous accolades, including the\u00a0<i>BBC Music Magazine\u00a0<\/i>Concerto Award and a\u00a0<i>Gramophone\u00a0<\/i>Classical Music Award.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>German-French cellist Nicolas Altstaedt enjoys a multifaceted career as a soloist, conductor, and artistic director. 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