Christoph Altstaedt
Christoph Altstaedt is dedicated to bringing music to the widest possible public. He has pioneered new concert formats, often involving experimental theatre and featuring repertoire from baroque music on original instruments through to electronic music and Hip-Hop. As an orchestra founder, music educator and radio presenter, he has managed to build meaningful bridges with many audiences.
As a junior student Christoph Altstaedt studied piano and conducting at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold and received piano lessons from Prof Karl-Heinz Kämmerling in Hannover. Later on he studied piano with Prof Jean-Efflam Bavouzet. In 2002 he moved to the Musikhochschule »Hanns Eisler« in Berlin. There, his teachers were Prof Hans-Dieter Baum and Prof Alexander Vitlin. In 2003, he got a scholarship from the Conductors Forum of the Deutsche Musikrat and attended Master Classes with Kurt Masur, Pierre Boulez, Sebastian Weigle, Johannes Kalitzke and Jorma Panula. In 2008 and 2009, he was invited to Tanglewood as assistant of James Levine in a new production of Don Giovanni.
While still a student, he founded the Junges Klangforum Mitte Europa, uniting music students from Poland, the Czech Republic and Germany. Under the patronage of Richard von Weizsäcker, Lech Wałesa and Václav Havel, the youth orchestra performed at historically meaningful sites such as Theresienstadt/Terezín and Kreisau/Kryżowa, but also toured as far afield as Japan. The orchestra won multiple awards, including the Praemium Imperiale of the Japan Art Association and the ZEIT Foundation’s Marion Dönhoff Award for International Understanding and Reconciliation.
Thereafter, Christoph Altstaedt followed the classical path of Repetiteur and Kapellmeister at the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz in Munich and the Deutsche Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf Duisburg. He has made guest appearances at the Zurich Opera, the Basel Theatre, the Komische Oper Berlin and the festivals in Salzburg and Savonlinna. He works regularly with the Finnish National Opera in Helsinki, the Opera North in Leeds and the Glyndebourne Festival.
On the concert podium, he has conducted the Royal Philharmonic and the Philharmonia Orchestra in London, the Ulster Orchestra Belfast, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, the German Radio Philharmonic, the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Konzerthaus Orchestra Berlin, the Radio Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart, the Ensemble Resonanz, the Oslo Philharmonic, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra.
His recent highlights have included Händel’s Messiah at the Royal Albert Hall, a Beethoven programme with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, several coverts with the Gürzenich Orchestra at the Cologne Philharmonie, a Beethoven project entitled Zusammen(ge)hören with the Bundesjugendorchester and hearing-impaired people at the Berlin Philharmonie, and a new production of Wagner’s Der fliegende Holländer at the Cologne Opera.
In the 2021/22 season, Christoph Altstaedt conducted the premiere series of Martin Schläpfer’s Ein Deutsches Requiem to Brahms’ composition at the Volksoper Wien. In June 2023, Christoph Altstaedt will make his debut at the Vienna State Opera conducting Haydn’s Die Jahreszeiten.
Performances with Christoph Altstaedt
Pathétique
Dress Rehearsal
Pathétique
Cast at Tuesday 8. April 2025
Pathétique
Premiere
Pathétique
Cast at Wednesday 9. April 2025
Available tickets
Wednesday 9. April 2025
Area 1
199 €
Area 2
159 €
Area 3
129 €
Area 4
94 €
Area 5
69 €
Area 6
47 €
Area 7
34 €
Area 8
23 €
Area 9
13 €
Standing room
Ballettzyklus »Premieren«
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Pathétique
Cast at Friday 11. April 2025
Available tickets
Friday 11. April 2025
Area 1
165 €
Area 2
125 €
Area 3
105 €
Area 4
77 €
Area 5
60 €
Area 6
39 €
Area 7
25 €
Area 8
12 €
Area 9
12 €
Standing room
Abo 5
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Saison 2024/2025
Einen Wochentag und Lieblingsplätze wählen und fünf Vorstellungen in einer Saison genießen.
In diesem Abo sind folgende Vorstellungen enthalten:
18. Oktober 2024: COSÌ FAN TUTTE
17. Jänner 2025: TURANDOT
21. März 2025: L’ELISIR D’AMORE
11. April 2025: BALLETT: PATHÉTIQUE
23. Mai 2025: NORMA
Pathétique
Cast at Monday 14. April 2025
Available tickets
Monday 14. April 2025
Area 1
165 €
Area 2
125 €
Area 3
105 €
Area 4
77 €
Area 5
60 €
Area 6
39 €
Area 7
25 €
Area 8
12 €
Area 9
12 €
Standing room
Abo 15
Ticket information
Saison 2024/2025
Einen Wochentag und Lieblingsplätze wählen und fünf Vorstellungen in einer Saison genießen.
In diesem Abo sind folgende Vorstellungen enthalten:
23. September 2024: SALOME
18. November 2024: DON PASQUALE
16. Dezember 2024: LES CONTES D’HOFFMANN
10. Februar 2025: DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE
14. April 2025: BALLETT: PATHÉTIQUE
Pathétique
Cast at Monday 21. April 2025
Available tickets
Monday 21. April 2025
Area 1
165 €
Area 2
125 €
Area 3
105 €
Area 4
77 €
Area 5
60 €
Area 6
39 €
Area 7
25 €
Area 8
12 €
Area 9
12 €
Standing room
Pathétique
Cast at Saturday 26. April 2025
Available tickets
Saturday 26. April 2025
Area 1
165 €
Area 2
125 €
Area 3
105 €
Area 4
77 €
Area 5
60 €
Area 6
39 €
Area 7
25 €
Area 8
12 €
Area 9
12 €
Standing room
Ballettzyklus »Geschenk«
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Saison 2024/2025
Quer durchs Repertoire des Wiener Staatsballetts mit drei mehrteiligen Produktionen – das ideale Geschenk für alle, die das Ballett in seinen unzähligen Farben erleben möchten.
30. März 2025: THE MOON WEARS A WHITE SHIRT
26. April 2025: PATHÉTIQUE
27. Juni 2025: KREATIONEN
Pathétique
Cast at Saturday 3. May 2025
Available tickets
Saturday 3. May 2025
Area 1
165 €
Area 2
125 €
Area 3
105 €
Area 4
77 €
Area 5
60 €
Area 6
39 €
Area 7
25 €
Area 8
12 €
Area 9
12 €
Standing room
Pathétique
Cast at Wednesday 7. May 2025
Available tickets
Wednesday 7. May 2025
Area 1
165 €
Area 2
125 €
Area 3
105 €
Area 4
77 €
Area 5
60 €
Area 6
39 €
Area 7
25 €
Area 8
12 €
Area 9
12 €
Standing room
Abo 11
Ticket information
Saison 2024/2025
Einen Wochentag und Lieblingsplätze wählen und fünf Vorstellungen in einer Saison genießen.
In diesem Abo sind folgende Vorstellungen enthalten:
18. Dezember 2024: RIGOLETTO
12. Februar 2025: TOSCA
05. März 2025: WERTHER
07. Mai 2025: BALLETT: PATHÉTIQUE
04. Juni 2025: TANNHÄUSER
Pathétique
Cast at Sunday 11. May 2025
Available tickets
Sunday 11. May 2025
Area 1
165 €
Area 2
125 €
Area 3
105 €
Area 4
77 €
Area 5
60 €
Area 6
39 €
Area 7
25 €
Area 8
12 €
Area 9
12 €
Standing room
Abo 24
Ticket information
Saison 2024/2025
Einen Wochentag und Lieblingsplätze wählen und fünf Vorstellungen in einer Saison genießen.
In diesem Abo sind folgende Vorstellungen enthalten:
20. Oktober 2024: COSÌ FAN TUTTE
17. November 2024: MANON
26. Jänner 2025: LA BOHÈME
23. Februar 2025: FIDELIO
11. Mai 2025: BALLETT: PATHÉTIQUE