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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).

Press Release: This Spring, Alisa Weilerstein Tours “Transfigured Nights” Chamber Program in the U.S., Plays Solo Bach in Berkeley, Guangzhou, Paris and Hamburg

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 a piano trio arrangement of Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht, along with Beethoven’s “Ghost” Trio and an arrangement of Shostakovich’s Symphony No.

Alisa performs at Heidelberg Frühling 2019

This April, Alisa Weilerstein appears in solo and chamber performances at Germany’s Heidelberg Frühling.

On April 4, Alisa appears in the festival’s Opening Concert, where she joins forces with violinist Tianwa Yang and pianist Igor Levit for works by Schubert and Mendelssohn.

Alisa also highlights the solo music of Bach, performing the Cello Suite No.

Alisa Weilerstein’s January/February 2026 Highlights

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Press Release: This Spring, Alisa Weilerstein Tours “Transfigured Nights” Chamber Program in the U.S., Plays Solo Bach in Berkeley, Guangzhou, Paris and Hamburg

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Alisa performs at Heidelberg Frühling 2019

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