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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).

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“FRAGMENTS” premieres at Charleston’s Spoleto Festival


Alisa Weilerstein is performing the first rendition of the complete cycle of her “FRAGMENTS” project at the 2025 Spoleto Festival USA. Having enjoyed a close relationship with the Charleston-based festival for the past 15 years, she will give the world premiere performances of FRAGMENTS 5 & 6 at Spoleto during a weeklong residency that sees her perform all six programs of the series in succession for the first time (May 27–June 1).

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“Speaking Soundly” Podcast


On December 24, Speaking Soundly podcast, hosted by Met Opera Principal Trumpet David Krauss, re-released Alisa’s July 2023 interview.

Click here to listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts

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