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Fall 2026-27 Highlights

MacArthur Award-winning cellist Alisa Weilerstein’s groundbreaking six-part multisensory solo cello project, “FRAGMENTS” – the focus of a cover feature in the October 2025 issue of The Strad – continues with a season of notable milestones in 2026–27. After recent back-to-back performances of FRAGMENTS 1 – Wonder and FRAGMENTS 2 – Tumult in both Taipei and Shanghai – marking the first Asian performances of the series – she completes a cycle of premieres that have spanned several seasons in Carnegie’s Zankel Hall with FRAGMENTS 6 – Radiance (Nov 5).

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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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