All Alisa Weilerstein articles
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Review
Concert review: Ariel Quartet, Alisa Weilerstein (cello)
Bruce Hodges hears a cornucopia of composers at the Perelman Theater, Philadelphia, on 15 December 2024, followed by Schubert’s String Quintet in C major
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Blogs
Recovering paradise: Alisa Weilerstein on Richard Blackford’s new climate change concerto
The American cellist speaks with US correspondent Thomas May about a new work she is premiering this season that hits especially close to home: Richard Blackford’s The Recovery of Paradise concerto for cello, which takes its name from the wildfires that devastated Southern California in 2018.
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Review
The Strad Recommends: Alisa Weilerstein: Brahms
A long-standing partnership reaps rich rewards
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Blogs
‘A deeply moving experience’: Alisa Weilerstein discusses Beethoven’s Cello Sonatas
Ahead of a performance of a Beethoven Cello Sonata cycle in Barcelona on 7 March, the cellist reveals her insights on the monumental works
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Review
Concert review: Alisa Weilerstein (cello) New York Philharmonic/Nathalie Stutzmann
Leah Hollingsworth hears the cellist’s account of Prokofiev’s Sinfonia concertante op.125 at David Geffen Hall on 24 February 2023
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Focus
The Strad Podcast #73: Cellist Alisa Weilerstein on ‘Fragments’
Alisa speaks about the project which encompasses Bach, 27 commissions, and theatrical elements
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Video
Alisa Weilerstein discusses a new solo cello project
Cellist Alisa Weilerstein embarks on a new project incorporating contemporary compositions with J.S Bach’s famous solo cello suites
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Video
Alisa Weilerstein performs at Wigmore Hall
The cellist performs a solo programme of Golijov as well as the second and third Bach suites
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News
Alisa Weilerstein cancels concert due to positive Covid test
The internationally acclaimed cellist has withdrawn from her concert with the LA Phil and Gustavo Dudamel
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Premium ❘ Feature
Masterclass: Alisa Weilerstein on Chopin’s Cello Sonata in G minor op.65
The American cellist explores how to bring out all the romantic charm of the first movement using fingerings and bowings, without over-reliance on vibrato, rubato or a sticky, sickly sound
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Video
‘Impossible Orchestra’ brings together 29 star players from 14 countries
The project, initiated by Mexican conductor Alondra de la Parra, aims to raise money for worthwhile causes
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Review
Alisa Weilerstein: Bach
A standout, meditative and individual approach to the cellists’ cornerstone
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Article
Cellist Alisa Weilerstein on working with conductors
The American musician discusses performing concertos with conductors and how she navigates interpretative disagreements
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Video
Alisa Weilerstein deconstructs the Prelude from Bach’s Cello Suite no.1 in G major
The American soloist offers her insight into how Bach created music of such timelessness
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Review
Concert review: Alisa Weilerstein (cello) London Symphony Orchestra/François-Xavier Roth
Peter Quantrill gives his thoughts on the performance at London’s Barbican, 19 December 2019
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Review
Concert review: Alisa Weilerstein (cello) New York Philharmonic/Jakub Hrůša
Leah Hollingsworth attends the performance at New York’s Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, on 21 November 2019
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Video
Alisa Weilerstein and Trondheim Soloists - 16 October 2019
‘When I sit in the orchestra and we do the Schoenberg together it feels like chamber music on a very large scale, and that’s the ideal thing’. So says Alisa Weilerstein of the Trondheim Soloists, with whom she will perform R Strauss’s Prelude for string sextet from Capriccio, Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir ...
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Article
Cellist Alisa Weilerstein on optimal body movement while playing
The cello is a big, unwieldy instrument and it is easy to let it control you, if you are not careful...' Cellist Alisa Weilerstein speaks with Paul Katz at Boston’s New England Conservatory of Music about using body motion to optimal effect when playing. The interview was ...
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News
BBC Proms 2017 season revealed - including a feast of violin concertos
The 123rd Proms season takes place in London’s Royal Albert Hall and Cadogan Hall over eight weeks from Friday 14 July to Saturday 9 September