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Dzonot Concerto with Rafael Payare and the San Diego Symphony, and FRAGMENTS in Germany

To end the season, Alisa reprises Gabriela Ortiz’s Dzonot  concerto for the second time this spring with Rafael Payare conducting the San Diego Symphony (May 9–10).

Premiered with Gustavo Dudamel leading the Los Angeles Philharmonic in fall of 2024, was released last summer on the composer’s GRAMMY-winning album Yanga, when Gramophone reported: “Weilerstein and the Los Angelenos play Dzonot with such conviction and technical mastery that I did a double take when I read in the booklet that this recording is taken from the premiere performances.”

Weilerstein brings FRAGMENTS to Germany, performing FRAGMENTS 3 – Emergence at Germany’s stARTfestival in Leverkusen (May 19);

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What do you get when you combine contemporary music, Bach and theatre? Alisa Weilerstein’s ‘Fragments’

The world-renowned American cellist brings her epically groundbreaking project to Toronto’s Koerner Hall on Jan. 28.

“Weilerstein is justly proud of the fact that her diverse group of composers includes nine different nationalities, is gender-balanced, and includes both well-established and emerging artists ranging in age from 26 to 84. The result is an invigorating range of styles.”

Read the full article here.

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FRAGMENTS, Solo Bach, Hamburg’s NDR & More in 2022-23

Alisa Weilerstein Launches “FRAGMENTS” with Premieres in Toronto, California & at NY’s Carnegie Hall; Plays Solo Bach at Wigmore Hall; & Returns to NY Phil, Cleveland Orch, Hamburg’s NDR & Others in 2022-23

Early next year, Alisa Weilerstein launches “FRAGMENTS” – her new, multisensory solo cello project that weaves together new commissions and unaccompanied Bach – with premieres at Toronto’s Koerner Hall (Jan 28), in Southern California (March 10–14) and at New York’s Carnegie Hall (April 1).

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