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! ! Alisa!Weilerstein! Cellist! ! “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,”!stated!the!MacArthur!Foundation,!when!awarding!American! cellist!Alisa!Weilerstein!a!2011!MacArthur!Fellowship.! ! In!the!2015E16!season,!she!gives!the!world!premieres!of!two!major!new!concerto!commissions.!With!the! Chicago!Symphony!she!premieres!Pascal!Dusapin’s!Outscape,!before!giving!its!first!European! performances!with!the!Stuttgart!and!Paris!Opera!Orchestras.!Similarly,!under!the!composer’s!leadership,! she!premieres!Matthias!Pintscher’s!concerto!with!the!Danish!National!Orchestra,!and!reprises!it!at! Cologne’s!WDR!Symphony.!Other!orchestral!highlights!include!Elgar!with!the!London!Symphony;! Prokofiev!with!the!Czech!Philharmonic;!Shostakovich!and!Haydn!with!the!Bavarian!Radio!Symphony;! Schumann!with!the!Orchestre!de!Paris;!Dutilleux!with!Hamburg’s!NDR!Symphony;!Hindemith!with!the! Frankfurt!Radio!Symphony;!Tchaikovsky!with!the!Orchestre!de!la!Suisse!Romande;!and!Barber!with! Washington!DC’s!National!Symphony.!Following!October’s!release!of!their!duo!album!debut!on!Decca,!she! reunites!with!pianist!Inon!Barnatan!for!U.S.!and!European!recital!tours.! ! As!an!exclusive!Decca!Classics!recording!artist,!Weilerstein’s!discography!includes!Dvorák’s!Cello! Concerto;!Solo,!her!compilation!of!unaccompanied!20thEcentury!cello!music;!and!Elgar!and!Elliott!Carter’s! cello!concertos!with!Daniel!Barenboim!and!the!Staatskapelle!Berlin,!which!was!named!BBC.Music’s! “Recording!of!the!Year!2013.”! ! Weilerstein’s!career!milestones!include!an!emotionally!devastating!account!of!Elgar’s!concerto!with!the! Berlin!Philharmonic!and!Barenboim!in!Oxford,!England,!and!a!performance!at!the!White!House!for! President!and!Mrs.!Obama.!An!ardent!champion!of!new!music,!she!has!worked!with!Osvaldo!Golijov!and! Pintscher!and!premiered!works!by!Lera!Auerbach!and!Joseph!Hallman.!She!appears!at!major!music! festivals!worldwide,!and!regularly!collaborates!with!Venezuela’s!Simón!Bolívar!Symphony!Orchestra!and! the!El.Sistema!education!program.! ! Weilerstein,!whose!honors!include!Lincoln!Center’s!2008!Martin!E.!Segal!prize!and!the!2006!Leonard! Bernstein!Award,!is!a!graduate!of!the!Cleveland!Institute!of!Music!and!Columbia!University.!Diagnosed! with!type!1!diabetes,!she!is!a!Celebrity!Advocate!for!the!Juvenile!Diabetes!Research!Foundation.! ! alisaweilerstein.com! twitter.com/aweilerstein! facebook.com/AlisaWeilerstein! ! ©21C.Media.Group,.September.2015! ! !
