Known for her “stylistic sensitivity, verve and spontaneous delight in discovery” (The Guardian), Weilerstein introduced her major new multisensory performance series, “FRAGMENTS,” last season in Toronto, Southern California, Carnegie Hall, Cleveland, and Tanglewood. The series weaves together the 36 movements of Bach’s solo cello suites with 27 new commissions to make six unique programs, each an hour long, for solo cello.
Alisa Weilerstein rejoins Rafael Payare with the San Diego Symphony, performing Dvořák’s Cello Concerto on a tour that culminates at Carnegie Hall (Oct 6–13). She then joins pianist Inon Barnatan and violinist James Ehnes where she gives all-Schubert performances in Richmond, Virginia (Oct 27) and Seattle (Oct 29).
The fall season culminates with four performances of her acclaimed multisensory solo cello project “FRAGMENTS”, with performances at Boston’s Celebrity Series (Nov 5), the Maison symphonique de Montréal (Nov 10), the California Festival in Walt Disney Hall in Los Angeles (Nov 15) and the La Jolla Music Society (Nov 16).
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 &