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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);

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Debuts in Leipzig and Amsterdam

As one of today’s leading exponents of the orchestral cello repertoire, this fall Alisa Weilerstein debuts with two of the world’s foremost ensembles.

She plays Barber’s Cello Concerto under Franz Welser-Möst for her first appearances with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra on October 24 and 25, and revisits Matthias Pintscher’s un despertar (2017), one of the first concertos written for her, for her debut with Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, under the composer-conductor’s leadership November 7 and 9.

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Blockbuster Season Opens with Kansas City Symphony, San Diego Symphony, World Premiere with LA Philharmonic and a Return to the Berlin Philharmonic

This fall, Alisa Weilerstein performs at the season-opening concert of the Kansas City Symphony. Beginning with an evening of chamber music with members of the orchestra (Sep 12), she will then perform Dvořák’s Cello Concerto with the Symphony later in the week (Sep 13–15). These Kansas City Symphony concerts inaugurate the tenure of incoming Music Director Matthias Pintscher, who is not only the composer of un despertar but also a contributor to FRAGMENTS.

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