A dedicated chamber artist, this winter Alisa partners with the Ariel Quartet for programs juxtaposing Schubert’s String Quintet in C with original folk-themed works and transcriptions, in concerts presented by the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor (Dec 12) and the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society (Dec 15).
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Dec 12 &
Alisa Weilerstein opens her fall season with two Berlin performances of Grawemeyer Award winner Unsuk Chin’s Cello Concerto – at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden and in the Berliner Philharmonie as part of Musikfest Berlin – under the baton of her husband, Rafael Payare (Sep 7 & 8).
After Berlin, Weilerstein is set to perform Elgar’s Cello Concerto for the opening of the Rochester Philharmonic’s centennial season under Music Director Andreas Delfs (Sep 21 &
Alisa Weilerstein’s latest project is a series of staged solo recitals that weave Bach’s cello suites with newly commissioned works.
Meet “Fragments,” a project whose first installment — of six — Weilerstein will perform at Zankel Hall on April 1. Certain aspects of it may be familiar. She will be there, playing solo. She will perform a Bach suite in its entirety, and she will play it with her typical, heartfelt passion.