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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);

Concerts with hr-Sinfonieorchester this January

This January, Alisa Weilerstein joins Andrés Orozco-Estrada and the hr-Sinfonieorchester in Frankfurt.

On January 16 & 17, Alisa reprises Thomas Larcher’s Ouroboros with the orchestra, named for the mythical symbol which bites its own tail as a sign of eternal recurrence.

Also on the program is Haydn’s Symphony No. 82 “The Bear,” as well as two pieces by Richard Strauss: his epic and exciting tone poem Don Juan, as well as his suite from the opera Der Rosenkavalier. Read More

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Performing Elgar with the London Symphony Orchestra

This December, Alisa Weilerstein joins the London Symphony Orchestra and François-Xavier Roth for her final performance of 2019 to perform Elgar’s lyrical and passionate Cello Concerto.

In a performance that marks 100 years since the concerto’s premiere with the LSO, on December 19, Alisa spotlights the work with the orchestra at the Barbican Hall.

The evening also hears the world premiere of Sophya Polevaya’s Spellbound Tableaux, along with Bartók’s Miraculous Mandarin.