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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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Discussing Bach on “Live with Carnegie Hall”

On May 28, Alisa Weilerstein joins Carnegie Hall for its new online series, Live with Carnegie Hall. On this episode, Alisa joins Carnegie Hall’s Executive and Artistic Director Clive Gillinson and WQXR’s John Schaefer for a discussion on the importance of Bach, as well as her approach to the suites both in the recording studio and at home. This episode follows the wildly successful release of Alisa’s new album, 

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Bach Cello Suites Praised as “A Performance That Sings”

Critics have praised Alisa Weilerstein’s “Bach Cello Suites” album, which was released on Pentatone earlier this spring. The Guardian’s Erica Jeal reviewed the album, saying: 

“The exceptional cellist’s music emerges with sunlit clarity in … a performance that unfolds at its own pace and in its own space, inward-looking yet confident – one captured at exactly the right time.

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