Alstaedt Nicolas

Year of birth
1982

Home country
Germany/France

Studies

Academy of Music Hanns Eisler (Boris Pergamenschikow, David Geringas)
Basel Music Academy (Ivan Monighetti)
Detmold Hochschule für Musik 1996–2001 (Marcio Carneiro)

Competitions

Adam International Cello Competition 2006, New Zealand, First Prize
International Domnick Cello competition 2005, Stuttgart, First Prize
German Music Competition 2005, First Prize

Repertoire

First round
L. van Beethoven (1770–1827): Sonata for Cello and Piano in C No 4, Op. 102, No 1 (1815)
Andante – Allegro vivace
Adagio – Tempo d’andante – Allegro vivace

I. Stravinsky (1882–1971): Suite Italienne (1932)
Introduzione (Allegro moderato)
Serenata (Larghetto)
Aria (Allegro alla breve)
Tarantella (Vivace)
Minuetto e Finale (Moderato – Molto vivace)

H. Dutilleux (1916–): Trois strophes sur le nom de SACHER (1976)
Un poco indeciso
Andante sostenuto
Vivace

Piano: Juhani Lagerspetz

Second round
Wednesday April 18, Jyväskylä
D. Šostakovitš: Cello Concerto No. 1, Op. 107

Finals
J. Haydn: Cello Concerto in C Hob VII B/1
W. Lutosławski: Cello Concerto

Tipi´s comments

Judging from his CV, Alstaedt is one of the most experienced contestants in this year’s Paulo Cello Competition. Despite being so young, he has been the soloist with many orchestras. It is, of course, impossible to judge anyone from what is written about them. So we’ll see for ourselves what he’s like as a player once the competition gets going!
His first round repertoire is to my mind an extremely fine entity. In other words it works magnificently as the repertoire both for a recital and for the first round of a cello competition. His choice of Dutilleux’s Troi strophes sur le nom de SACHER (1976) gives the programme a bit of extra colour. The main thing in this 45-minute round is for contestants to bring out their personal strengths in a programme that is both varied and compact.
Extremely interesting repertoire. I can’t wait to hear him play!