tour with the Czech Philharmonic, Shostakovich’s Second Cello Concerto with five orchestras (the Gothenburg Philharmonic, Orquesta Nacional de España, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, Valencia Orchestra and Toronto Symphony), Schumann’s Concerto with the Rotterdam Philharmonic, and works by Saint-Saëns, Britten, Richard Strauss and Bloch in cities from San Diego to Vienna. Weilerstein kicked off the 2018-19 season in collaboration with the Trondheim Soloists, before performing Dvořák’s Cello Concerto on a U.S. Martin in the Fields, is due for release by Pentatone this fall. Her recording of the concerto, featuring Alan Gilbert, Stefan Jackiw, Barnatan and the Academy of St. recital tour of all five of the composer’s cello sonatas, besides playing Beethoven’s Triple Concerto with Guy Braunstein, Barnatan and the Dresden Philharmonic. To celebrate Beethoven’s 250th anniversary, she rejoins the Israeli pianist for a U.S. In recital, she gives solo performances of Bach’s complete cello suites in California, Barcelona, Manchester, Moscow and Minsk, and joins her frequent piano partner, Inon Barnatan, for Brahms and Shostakovich at London’s Wigmore Hall and other destinations in Europe and Russia. Her concert highlights include Saint-Saëns’s First Cello Concerto with the New York Philharmonic, Shostakovich’s Second with Tokyo’s NHK Symphony, Britten’s Symphony for Cello and Orchestra with Zurich’s Tonhalle Orchestra, Schumann with the Houston Symphony, Barber with the Detroit Symphony, Strauss and Bloch with the San Diego Symphony and Elgar’s Cello Concerto with the London Symphony Orchestra, both at home and on tour in France. Weilerstein launches the 2019-20 season with the ensemble, playing sextets by Tchaikovsky, Richard Strauss and Schoenberg on a European tour culminating at London’s Southbank Center.
In her new role as Artistic Partner of Norway’s Trondheim Soloists, Ms. Weilerstein … deserves a salute from everyone in classical music.” In performances marked by intensity, sensitivity and a wholehearted immersion in each of the works she interprets, the American cellist has long proven herself to be in possession of a distinctive musical voice. “A young cellist whose emotionally resonant performances of both traditional and contemporary music have earned her international recognition,…Weilerstein is a consummate performer, combining technical precision with impassioned musicianship.” So stated the MacArthur Foundation when awarding Alisa Weilerstein a 2011 MacArthur “genius grant” Fellowship, prompting the New York Times to respond: “Any fellowship that recognizes the vibrancy of an idealistic musician like Ms.
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