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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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Revisiting Un despertar with Pintscher and Cincinnati Symphony

Alisa Weilerstein reprises Matthias Pintscher’s Un despertar this spring in Cincinnati.

Performing this work that was written for her and for which she presented the world premiere, Alisa is joined by the Cincinnati Symphony and the composer as conductor (April 27 & 28).

The concerts are bookended by Ravel’s Alborado del gracioso and Debussy’s Images.

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Performances in Austria with Tonkünstler-Orchester

This April, Alisa Weilerstein makes appearances with the Tonkünstler-Orchester in Austria.

On April 13 & 14, Alisa makes her Musikverein debut with the orchestra and conductor Fabien Gabel, performing Bloch’s Schelomo: Rhapsodie Hébraïque. The programs also hear Richard Strauss’s Love scene from Feuersnot and Korngold’s Sinfonietta.

Alisa then performs with the orchestra at their second home of Festspielhaus St.

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