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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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Schumann with the Houston Symphony


This February, Alisa Weilerstein performs in the Houston Symphony Orchestra’s two-week long Schumann Festival.

Alisa performs with Yooshin Song, violin; Joan DerHovsepian, viola; and Scott Holshouser, piano on February 14 for Schumann’s revolutionary Piano Quartet. On February 15 and 16, Alisa joins the full orchestra and maestro Andrés Orozco-Estrada in performing Schumann’s intensely lyrical Cello Concerto in A minor. 

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Tokyo Performances with NHK Symphony Orchestra and Rafael Payare


On January 31 and February 1, Alisa Weilerstein travels to Tokyo where she joins the NHK Symphony Orchestra and Rafael Payare to perform Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No. 2. Also featured on the all-Shostakovich program are his Ballet Suite No. 1 for orchestra and Symphony No. 5 in D minor.

Click here for tickets and here to listen to her 2016 Decca recording of the piece.

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