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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).

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Un despertar with Gürzenich-Orchester Köln

This fall, Alisa Weilerstein appears in performances with Gürzenich-Orchester Köln.

From September 29-October 1, Alisa takes the stage in Cologne to reprise Matthias Pintscher’s Un despertar, a cello concerto written for Alisa in 2016.

François-Xavier Roth conducts the program, which also hears works by Rameau and Mozart.

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Performances with Shanghai Symphony in China, the US, and Europe this summer

This summer, Alisa Weilerstein reprises the Dvořák concerto in her debut with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra.

On July 15, Alisa joins the orchestra, which celebrates its 140th anniversary this season, and Music Director Long Yu for the closing night of the annual Shanghai MISA (Music in the Summer Air) Festival.

In August, they embark on a three-city, two-continent tour, traveling to the Wolf Trap Festival in Virginia (Aug 14), the Ravinia Festival in Illinois (Aug 16), and Scotland’s Edinburgh Festival (Aug 19).

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