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Alisa Weilerstein’s January/February 2026 Highlights

To kick off the year, Alisa will perform Shostakovich’s First Cello Concerto with the Palm Beach Symphony (Jan 13). In Europe, she plays the Britten Cello Symphony with Alan Gilbert leading his own NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra (Jan 22–25) and a recital of Brahms and Prokofiev with Russian pianist Pavel Kolesnikov in Wigmore Hall (Jan 26). Alisa will then travel to Spain to perform the Lutosławski Cello Concerto with the Spanish National Orchestra under the baton of Krzysztof Urbański (Jan 30–Feb 1)

She returns to the Detroit Symphony for performances of Joan Tower’s A New Day, a piece co-commissioned by the orchestra, conducted by Music Director Jader Bignamini (Feb 13–15).

San Diego Symphony with Rafael Payare

This fall, Alisa returns to the San Diego Symphony.

On November 12, Alisa appears at the Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center, where she performs the Bach Cello Suites Nos. 2, 4 & 6.

At Copley Symphony Hall, Alisa joins forces with the SDS and husband Rafael Payare on November 15 & 17, for performances of Bloch’s Schelomo.

Fall recitals with Inon Barnatan

This October and November, Alisa Weilerstein joins forces with friend and collaborator Inon Barnatan for recitals in Europe and the US. Together, they highlight works by Brahms, Shostakovich, and Beethoven.

On October 28, Alisa and Inon appear at Wigmore Hall, performing Brahms’s Cello Sonata Op. 78 (transcription of Violin Sonata No. 1 in G, Op. 78) and Songs (arr.

Alisa Weilerstein’s January/February 2026 Highlights

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San Diego Symphony with Rafael Payare

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Fall recitals with Inon Barnatan

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