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Summer Highlights: Chamber Music, Bach, and Tour with Payare

This summer, Alisa performs in numerous chamber and orchestral settings across the U.S. and Europe, beginning with duo recitals with her longtime friend and collaborator, pianist Inon Barnatan. Multiple programs focusing on transcriptions of works by Brahms and Shostakovich, as well as repertoire from their acclaimed albums together, are featured at the Ravinia Festival (June 7), the Minnesota Beethoven Festival (July 7), and the Aspen Music Festival and School (July 9).

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US Tour with Czech Philharmonic

This fall, Alisa Weilerstein joins the Czech Philharmonic and conductor Semyon Bychkov for a seven-city tour across the U.S. On tour, Alisa spotlights Dvořák’s Cello Concerto in B minor, one of the most beloved works by the Czech composer.

Following their October 24 concert at London’s Royal Academy of Music, Alisa and the orchestra make their way to Carnegie Hall for the first stop of their US tour (Oct 27).

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Out Now: Transfigured Night

Available now: Alisa Weilerstein’s latest album Transfigured Night, released on PENTATONE.
 
Transfigured Night explores the stylistic contrasts of the First and Second Viennese Schools, by combining Haydn’s first and second cello concertos with Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht. 
 
Through Transfigured Night‘s unprecedented musical pairing, Alisa not only invites listeners to a new perspective on both Viennese composers, but also takes her own personal journey back in time to the city from which her grandparents fled in 1938. Read More

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