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Nicolas Altstaedt & Thomas Dunford

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Cellist Nicolas Altstaedt and lutenist Thomas Dunford put the rockstar in baroque.

2026 Concert Season
Concerts in Perth, Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Newcastle, Brisbane and Adelaide.
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Cellist, conductor and creative visionary Nicolas Altstaedt is the kind of artist who makes music you thought you knew, new. In 2026, he brings his always exciting, always beautiful insights to music of the seventeenth century, with the help of lutenist Thomas Dunford, the charismatic ringleader of baroque superband Ensemble Jupiter. When these two international superstars team up for a night of musical mischief, anything could happen.

Be there to see this iconoclastic duo expand the horizons of early music. First, hear a bouquet of evocative masterpieces from the court of Louis XIV, pitting Marin Marais and his rival, Antoine Forqueray, against each other in a baroque play off. Then, discover more recent treasures from Arvo Pärt and Henri DuParc, and experience the enduring beauty of Bach.
"Thomas Dunford's supple technique, combined with his passion for jazz, allows him to embellish and develop written texts with an improvisatory freedom, casting a new light on early music... A true 'Eric Clapton' of the lute. "
— BBC Music Magazine
"Altstaedt has technique to burn, near perfect intonation, superb control of extreme registers and harmonics, and is physically at ease with his instrument ... one hung on every note as if they were the words of a master storyteller."
— The Australian

NICOLAS ALTSTAEDT cello
THOMAS DUNFORD lute

MARAIS La Rêveuse
FORQUERAY La Leclair
JS BACH Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007 (excerpts)
FORQUERAY Fêtes champêtres
MARAIS Le Badinage
MARAIS Les Folies d'Espagne
JS BACH Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011 (excerpts)
PÄRT Spiegel im Spiegel
DUPARC Cello Sonata in A minor: Lento
FORQUERAY La Buisson
MARAIS Les Voix Humaines
MARAIS Grand Ballet
MARAIS Le Tourbillon

With special thanks to Ensemble Patrons Bruce and Charmaine Cameron for their generous support of this tour, and to our Concert Champions for their support of this tour within their state. We also gratefully acknowledge the Creative Development Collective for their generous support of new artistic projects, and the Amadeus Society for their support of the 2026 Concert Season.

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Dates & Times

Perth   5 August 7.30pm
Sydney   8 August 7pm
Melbourne   11 August 7pm
Canberra   13 August 7pm
Newcastle   15 August 7.30pm
Brisbane   17 August 7pm
Adelaide   18 August 7.30pm

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