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Summer Highlights: Chamber Music, Bach, and Tour with Payare

This summer, Alisa performs in numerous chamber and orchestral settings across the U.S. and Europe, beginning with duo recitals with her longtime friend and collaborator, pianist Inon Barnatan. Multiple programs focusing on transcriptions of works by Brahms and Shostakovich, as well as repertoire from their acclaimed albums together, are featured at the Ravinia Festival (June 7), the Minnesota Beethoven Festival (July 7), and the Aspen Music Festival and School (July 9).

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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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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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