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Fall 2026-27 Highlights

MacArthur Award-winning cellist Alisa Weilerstein’s groundbreaking six-part multisensory solo cello project, “FRAGMENTS” – the focus of a cover feature in the October 2025 issue of The Strad – continues with a season of notable milestones in 2026–27. After recent back-to-back performances of FRAGMENTS 1 – Wonder and FRAGMENTS 2 – Tumult in both Taipei and Shanghai – marking the first Asian performances of the series – she completes a cycle of premieres that have spanned several seasons in Carnegie’s Zankel Hall with FRAGMENTS 6 – Radiance (Nov 5).

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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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