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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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Performing Britten with the Würth Philharmonic


This March, Alisa Weilerstein revisits Britten’s Symphony for Cello and Orchestra in Künzelsau, Germany.

On March 24, Alisa joins forces with the Würth Philharmonic, under the baton of Domingo Hindoyan. The evening’s program is anchored by Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade.

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Alisa Opens 2019 Summer Season at Caramoor


This June, Alisa Weilerstein is featured soloist for Caramoor‘s 2019 Summer Season.

Formerly the festival’s inaugural artist-in-residence in 2014,  Alisa returns to the Westchester estate on June 15. The Opening Night Concert hears Alisa perform Dvořák’s Cello Concerto, accompanied by the Orchestra of St. Luke’s and conducted by Peter Oundjian.

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