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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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New Album and #36DaysOfBach

On April 3, Pentatone released Alisa Weilerstein’s recording of the complete Bach Cello Suites.

One of the crowning glories of the classical canon, Bach’s suites have long been featured in Alisa’s programming and have come to play an increasingly central part in her career. The LA Times has called her interpretations of Bach, “a true model of the meaning of mastery when it comes to what a string instrument is capable of.”

As a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Alisa has channeled her deep love and appreciation for Bach into a 36-day long project called #36DaysofBach.

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Barber Concerto with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra

This February, Alisa Weilerstein travels to Michigan, where she joins the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and John Storgårds in performing Samuel Barber’s technically demanding yet intensely lyrical Cello Concerto. The concert also features Beethoven’s beloved Symphony no. 6 “Pastoral,” as well as Outi Tarkiainen’s recent work Midnight Sun.

Click here for tickets to the performances on February 21, 22, and 23.

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