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Summer Highlights: Chamber Music, Bach, and Tour with Payare

This summer, Alisa performs in numerous chamber and orchestral settings across the U.S. and Europe, beginning with duo recitals with her longtime friend and collaborator, pianist Inon Barnatan. Multiple programs focusing on transcriptions of works by Brahms and Shostakovich, as well as repertoire from their acclaimed albums together, are featured at the Ravinia Festival (June 7), the Minnesota Beethoven Festival (July 7), and the Aspen Music Festival and School (July 9).

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Berlin, Rochester, and Barcelona

Alisa Weilerstein opens her fall season with two Berlin performances of Grawemeyer Award winner Unsuk Chin’s Cello Concerto – at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden and in the Berliner Philharmonie as part of Musikfest Berlin – under the baton of her husband, Rafael Payare (Sep 7 & 8).

After Berlin, Weilerstein is set to perform Elgar’s Cello Concerto for the opening of the Rochester Philharmonic’s centennial season under Music Director Andreas Delfs (Sep 21 &

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A Cellist Breaks Music Into ‘Fragments,’ Then Connects Them

Alisa Weilerstein’s latest project is a series of staged solo recitals that weave Bach’s cello suites with newly commissioned works.

Meet “Fragments,” a project whose first installment — of six — Weilerstein will perform at Zankel Hall on April 1. Certain aspects of it may be familiar. She will be there, playing solo. She will perform a Bach suite in its entirety, and she will play it with her typical, heartfelt passion.

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