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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).

Dresden Philharmonie this October with Rafael Payare

This October, Alisa Weilerstein joins husband Rafael Payare and the Dresdner Philharmonie.

On October 25 & 26, Alisa performs Beethoven’s Triple Concerto with Guy Braunstein and Inon Barnatan. The program also hears Brett Dean’s Amphitheatre, and Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique.

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Fall performances with the Trondheim Soloists

This October, Artistic Partner Alisa Weilerstein reunites with members of the Trondheim Soloists.

On October 13, Alisa joins the ensemble in their native Trondheim, Norway.

Several days later, they appear at London’s Southbank Centre (October 16). Together, they perform R. Strauss’s Prelude for string sextet from Capriccio, Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht, and Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence for string sextet.