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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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Solo performances in China this June


This June, Alisa Weilerstein performs the Bach cello suites in China.

On June 6, Alisa appears at Shenzhen Concert Hall, where she performs Suites No. 2, 4, & 6. Several days later, she performs the complete suites at the Guangzhou Opera House (June 9).

Discover Alisa‘s full schedule here.

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US Performances of Transfigured Nights


This spring, Alisa Weilerstein indulges her love of the intimate subtleties of chamber music on a U.S. tour with old and new friends: her frequent collaborator, pianist Inon Barnatan; Armenian violinist Sergey Khachatryan; and Scottish percussionist Colin Currie.

Their program centers on Beethoven’s “Ghost” Trio, Eduard Steuermann’s transcription of Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht, along with Viktor Derevianko’s transcription of Shostakovich’s Symphony No.

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