Alisa Weilerstein heads to Munich to premiere Thomas Larcher’s cello concerto, returning into darkness, with the Bavarian Symphony Radio Orchestra (BSRO) conducted by Alan Gilbert (June 5, 6).  Larcher, whose music has been praised as “one of this century’s wonders” (The Times, UK), composed the work for Alisa, who gave the premiere this past March with the co-commissioning New York Philharmonic.

Alisa will then head back to the United States for a performance of Matthias Pintscher’s cello concerto un despertar at the Bravo! Vail festival in Colorado. Weilerstein has enjoyed a long collaborative relationship with Pintscher who will be on the podium for her performance as well as rising-star violinist Blake Pouliot and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe for Brahms’s Double Concerto (June 21).