AlisaWeilerstein
Contact
For availability and general enquiries:
Antonio Orlando
For contracts, logistics and press:
Jemima Pickersgill
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 24/25 season sees Alisa perform with the Berliner Philharmoniker, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Gewandhausorchester and Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, alongside Gustavo Dudamel, Lahav Shani, Alan Gilbert, Franz Welser-Möst and Rafael Payare. She also gives the world premiere of concertos by Thomas Larcher, Richard Blackford and Gabriella Ortiz with the New York Philharmonic, Czech Philharmonic and Los Angeles Philharmonic respectively.
In spring 2025 Alisa returns to Carnegie Hall to perform Fragments II & III following the New York premiere of Fragments I in 2023. Devised and developed by Alisa, Fragments is a six-part sequence of music combining Bach’s Cello Suites with 27 newly-commissioned works, accompanied by production, staging and lighting design. Presentations of the multi-year project have already taken place at Severance Hall, Walt Disney Concert Hall, The Kennedy Center and Tanglewood Festival, with the European premiere set for 25/26.
A recipient of the MacArthur "Genius Grant" Fellowship, Alisa works regularly with the world’s top orchestras. Highlights of the last three seasons include engagements with the Berlin Staatskapelle, Boston Symphony, Chicago Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester and Verbier Festival, as well as collaborations with Paavo Järvi, Joshua Weilerstein, Karina Canellakis, Ryan Bancroft, Daniel Harding, Leonidas Kavakos, Kirill Gerstein and regular duo partner Inon Barnatan. She records exclusively for Pentatone.
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
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Selected Repertoire
Barber | Cello Concerto |
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Beethoven | Triple Concerto |
Bloch | Schelomo |
Brahms | Double Concerto |
Britten | Cello Symphony |
Chin, Unsuk | Cello Concerto |
Dusapin | Outscape |
Dutilleux | Tout un monde lointain... |
Dvořák | Cello Concerto |
Elgar | Cello Concerto |
Haydn | Cello Concertos No. 1 & 2 |
Hindemith | Cello Concerto |
Ligeti | Cello Concerto |
Lutosławski | Cello Concerto |
Penderecki | Cello Concerto No. 2 |
Prokofiev | Sinfonia Concertante |
Saint-Saëns | Cello Concertos No. 1 & 2 |
Schumann | Cello Concerto |
Shostakovich | Cello Concertos No. 1 & 2 |
Strauss, R | Don Quixote |
Weinberg | Cello Concerto |
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.
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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 (full length)
Bach: Cello Suite No. 3 Kodály: Sonata for Solo Cello 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 PayareOct 2023The 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...
- David Wright, New York Classical Review
- 14 October 2023