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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);

Tchaikovsky and Britten with Rafael Payare and San Diego Symphony

For her first performances of 2019, Alisa Weilerstein joins forces with husband Rafael Payare at the San Diego Symphony.

Alisa reprises the Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme on January 10, as part of the San Diego Symphony’s “Hearing the Future” festival. The concert, Payare’s inaugural performance as the symphony’s Music Director Designate, also hears works by Mozart, Richard Strauss, and Mussorgsky.

Concerts with the Rotterdam Philharmonic

This November, Alisa Weilerstein joins the Rotterdam Philharmonic and recently-appointed music director Lahav Shani in Belgium and the Netherlands.

With the orchestra, Alisa performs Schumann’s transcendent cello concerto, in a program that also hears Schubert’s ‘Great’ Symphony No. 9 in C major.

Alisa performs on November 22 in Bruges, and on November 23 &

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

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Tchaikovsky and Britten with Rafael Payare and San Diego Symphony

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Concerts with the Rotterdam Philharmonic

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