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Alisa Weilerstein
Alisa Weilerstein

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Jemima Pickersgill

Jemima Pickersgill

Assistant Artist Manager

Representation

General management (Europe, Asia & Australia) with Askonas Holt

 Partner Managers: Opus 3 Artists (General Management, Americas) Impresariat Simmenauer (Germany and Austria) Duetto (Spain) Eurassic Tokyo (Japan)

About Alisa

The 23/24 season sees Alisa perform concertos spanning three centuries with the Berlin Staatskapelle, Boston Symphony, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, City of Birmingham Symphony, Verbier Festival Orchestra and tour with the San Diego Symphony, having worked with the New York Philharmonic, Pittsburgh Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester and Orchestre symphonique de Montréal the previous season.

Further ahead, she will perform with the Berliner Philharmoniker, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Czech Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic and Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, alongside conductors Gustavo Dudamel, Alan Gilbert, Rafael Payare, Lahav Shani and Franz Welser-Möst.

In January 2023 Alisa premiered Fragments I – the first of six sequences of music combining Bach’s Cello Suites with 27 newly-commissioned works, accompanied by production, staging and lighting design. Following acclaimed performances at Carnegie Hall, Severance Hall and Tanglewood Festival, the muti-year project continues this season with dates at The Kennedy Center, Maison symphonique de Montréal, Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Sanders Theatre as part of Boston’s Celebrity Series.

Elsewhere, Alisa gives solo and chamber recitals at New York’s 92Y and Lincoln Center, London’s Wigmore Hall and Barcelona’s L'Auditori, where she will collaborate with pianist Inon Barnatan. A champion of new music, Alisa has given premieres of works by Matthias Pintscher, Pascal Dusapin, Joan Tower, Osvaldo Golijov and Thomas Larcher, while her many accolades include a MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship. She records exclusively for Pentanone. 

Alisa is based in Montreal

Representation

General management (Europe, Asia & Australia) with Askonas Holt

 Partner Managers: Opus 3 Artists (General Management, Americas) Impresariat Simmenauer (Germany and Austria) Duetto (Spain) Eurassic Tokyo (Japan)

Season Highlights

Apr 2023
92Y, New York
Solo recital of Bach, Kodaly, and Joan Tower
Sep 2023
Philharmonie, Berlin
Unsuk Chin: Cello Concerto Staatskapelle Berlin Rafael Payare (conductor)
Jan 2024
Konserthuset, Stockholm
Barber: Cello Concerto Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra Rafael Payare (conductor)

Photos

Selected Repertoire

BarberCello Concerto
BeethovenTriple Concerto
BlochSchelomo
BrahmsDouble Concerto
BrittenCello Symphony
Chin, UnsukCello Concerto
DusapinOutscape
DutilleuxTout un monde lointain...
DvořákCello Concerto
ElgarCello Concerto
HaydnCello Concertos No. 1 & 2
HindemithCello Concerto
LigetiCello Concerto
LutosławskiCello Concerto
PendereckiCello Concerto No. 2
ProkofievSinfonia Concertante
Saint-SaënsCello Concertos No. 1 & 2
SchumannCello Concerto
ShostakovichCello Concertos No. 1 & 2
Strauss, RDon Quixote
WeinbergCello Concerto
Cellist Alisa Weilerstein playing solo in the middle of a circle of wooden set pieces, all different sizes, illuminated pink.

Projects

Alisa Weilerstein - FRAGMENTS

With FRAGMENTS, cellist Alisa Weilerstein creates a musical space that is at once physically intimate and philosophically expansive. FRAGMENTS is a groundbreaking, multi-year project for solo cello that weaves together the 36 movements of Bach’s solo cello suites with 27 newly commissioned works. The resulting collection is divided into six Fragments, each an hour long and blending five to six composers, to be released independently over several seasons.

Learn about this project
  • Cellist Alisa Weilerstein playing solo in the middle of a circle of wooden set pieces, all different sizes, illuminated pink.

    Projects

    Alisa Weilerstein - FRAGMENTS

    With FRAGMENTS, cellist Alisa Weilerstein creates a musical space that is at once physically intimate and philosophically expansive. FRAGMENTS is a groundbreaking, multi-year project for solo cello that weaves together the 36 movements of Bach’s solo cello suites with 27 newly commissioned works. The resulting collection is divided into six Fragments, each an hour long and blending five to six composers, to be released independently over several seasons.

    Learn about this project

Sample Programmes

  • Solo Recital

    Bach: Cello Suite No. 3 Kodály: Sonata for Solo Cello interval Joan Tower: For Alisa Bach: Cello Suite No. 1

  • Solo Recital (one hour)

    Britten: Tema 'Sacher' Golijov: Omaramor Bach, JS: Cello Suite No. 6 in D major Kodály: Sonata for Solo Cello

News

Press

  • Dvorak Cello Concerto

    San Diego Symphony & Rafael Payare
    Oct 2023
    • The husband-and-wife team of Payare and cellist Alisa Weilerstein gave an exemplary account of Dvořák’s Cello Concerto... Her brilliant articulation drove the development and the exciting coda... In the volatile finale, Weilerstein stepped out boldly, softened into sighs, and stirred the pot with blazing passagework, while conductor Payare matched her for flair and timing... Weilerstein’s potent performance brought prolonged applause...