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Dzonot Concerto with Rafael Payare and the San Diego Symphony, and FRAGMENTS in Germany

To end the season, Alisa reprises Gabriela Ortiz’s Dzonot  concerto for the second time this spring with Rafael Payare conducting the San Diego Symphony (May 9–10).

Premiered with Gustavo Dudamel leading the Los Angeles Philharmonic in fall of 2024, was released last summer on the composer’s GRAMMY-winning album Yanga, when Gramophone reported: “Weilerstein and the Los Angelenos play Dzonot with such conviction and technical mastery that I did a double take when I read in the booklet that this recording is taken from the premiere performances.”

Weilerstein brings FRAGMENTS to Germany, performing FRAGMENTS 3 – Emergence at Germany’s stARTfestival in Leverkusen (May 19);

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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

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.

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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.

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