News | Alisa Weilerstein

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).

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.