Alisa Weilerstein

Alisa Weilerstein ( born in 1982 in Rochester (New York)) is an American cellist.

Musical career

Weilerstein began with four years to play cello. She was educated at the Cleveland Institute of Music in the Young Artist Program. Hamlet stone they had public debut at the age of 13 years with the Cleveland Orchestra and Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op 33 At 15, she appeared for the first time at Carnegie Hall in New York City on. Since then, Weilerstein has played with several major orchestras on four continents.

With their parents, the first violinist of the Cleveland Quartet, Donald Weilerstein and pianist Vivian Hornik Weilerstein it occurs as Weilerstein Trio on. The trio lived in 2010 at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. Her brother is the violinist and conductor, born in 1987 Joshua Weilerstein.

In cooperation with various contemporary composers Weilerstein played at various premieres cello. So on the occasion of the premiere of Osvaldo Golijov's cello concerto Azul and in the world premiere of Lera Auerbach's 24 Preludes for Cello and Piano. In addition, she participated in the Schleswig -Holstein Music Festival with Auerbach's transcription of Shostakovich '' op 34 for cello and piano part. The world premiere of Joseph Hall Mans Cello Concerto was performed with the St. Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic and Jeffery Meyer as a conductor.

In October 2010, Weilerstein appeared at the Alte Oper Frankfurt with the Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in B minor, Op 104 by Antonín Dvořák on .. As Artist in Residence, she played in the 2011-2012 season, in August 2011 at the Kurhaus Wiesbaden using the HR Symphony Orchestra under Paavo Järvi at the Rheingau Music Festival, the Cello Concerto by Haydn in C major.

Others

In 2004, Weilerstein at Columbia University in New York their studies in the Faculty of Russia with the degree BA from.

Award

  • 2000: Luitpold prize of the festival Kissinger Sommer
  • 2006: Leonard Bernstein Award at the Schleswig -Holstein Music Festival

Discography

  • Alisa Weilerstein and Vivian Hornik Weilerstein: Works for Cello and Piano, EMI 5 734898 2
  • The Weilerstein Trio, with Donald Weilerstein, Alisa Weilerstein and Vivian Hornik Weilerstein: Dvořák Trio, cooking B000CC4W14
  • Joseph Hallman: Cello Concerto ( St. Petersburg): Alisa Weilerstein and the St. Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic, jahallmanmusic 8845020223742
  • Alisa Weilerstein with Daniel Barenboim and the Staatskapelle Berlin: cello concertos by Edward Elgar and Elliott Carter, Kol Nidrei by Max Bruch, Decca 0 28947 82735 1
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