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Nicolas Altstaedt

Shostakovich and Prokofiev

Born: Heidelberg, Germany
Education: Hochschule für Musik Detmold; Musik-Akademie Basel with Ivan Monighetti; Hanns Eisler Hochschule Berlin with Boris Pergamenschikow and Eberhard Feltz
Awards: Credit Suisse Young Artist Award (2010), BBC New Generation Artist (2010–12), Beethoven Ring Bonn (2015), Musikpreis der Stadt Duisburg (2018)
Breakthrough: 2010, debut with the Wiener Philharmoniker under Gustavo Dudamel, Lucerne Festival
Subsequently: London Philharmonic Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchner Philharmoniker, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic, Tokyo Metropolitan Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Artist in Association Tapiola Sinfonietta 2025–2028; Artistic Director Lockenhaus Kammermusikfest (since 2012)
Instrument: Giulio Cesare Gigli, Rome c. 1760
Debut Rotterdam Philharmonic: 2016

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