A dedicated chamber artist, this winter Alisa partners with the Ariel Quartet for programs juxtaposing Schubert’s String Quintet in C with original folk-themed works and transcriptions, in concerts presented by the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor (Dec 12) and the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society (Dec 15).
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Dec 12 &
Alisa Weilerstein’s Bach: Six Cello Suites is nominated for the 2021 Gramophone Awards (Instrumental). Of the 72 recordings selected for the magazine’s shortlist, one album will be selected in each of the 11 categories. A final winner will be named “Recording of the Year” on October 5.
The album has been referent to as “a true model of the meaning of mastery when it comes to what a string instrument is capable of”
This fall, Alisa Weilerstein launches the 2021/22 season with a solo recital of Bach and Golijov at London’s Wigmore Hall (September 13), followed by a program of Tchaikovsky and Haydn at the George Enescu Festival with conductor Horia Andreescu and the Radio Romania Chamber Orchestra (September 18).
At the end of September, Alisa travels to Locarno, Switzerland for the Settimane Musicali Ascona, performing Schubert’s Piano Trio No.