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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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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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