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Alisa Weilerstein’s January/February 2026 Highlights


To kick off the year, Alisa will perform Shostakovich’s First Cello Concerto with the Palm Beach Symphony (Jan 13). In Europe, she plays the Britten Cello Symphony with Alan Gilbert leading his own NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra (Jan 22–25) and a recital of Brahms and Prokofiev with Russian pianist Pavel Kolesnikov in Wigmore Hall (Jan 26). Alisa will then travel to Spain to perform the Lutosławski Cello Concerto with the Spanish National Orchestra under the baton of Krzysztof Urbański (Jan 30–Feb 1)

She returns to the Detroit Symphony for performances of Joan Tower’s A New Day, a piece co-commissioned by the orchestra, conducted by Music Director Jader Bignamini (Feb 13–15).

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Alisa on PBS’ Articulate


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June Performances in Germany & the UK


This June, Alisa Weilerstein performs across Germany and the UK.

On June 2, Alisa first performs in her city of Berlin, playing Shostakovich’s First Cello Concerto with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and conductor Tomáš Hanus. She then presents the composer’s Second Cello Concerto on June 13, with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and conductor Ilan Volkov.

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