News | Alisa Weilerstein

Fall 2026-27 Highlights

MacArthur Award-winning cellist Alisa Weilerstein’s groundbreaking six-part multisensory solo cello project, “FRAGMENTS” – the focus of a cover feature in the October 2025 issue of The Strad – continues with a season of notable milestones in 2026–27. After recent back-to-back performances of FRAGMENTS 1 – Wonder and FRAGMENTS 2 – Tumult in both Taipei and Shanghai – marking the first Asian performances of the series – she completes a cycle of premieres that have spanned several seasons in Carnegie’s Zankel Hall with FRAGMENTS 6 – Radiance (Nov 5).

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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