Cellist Alisa Weilerstein to make Santa Fe debut with Bach program
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Jan. 13—Alisa Weilerstein is one of the foremost cellists of our time.
Known for her consummate artistry, emotional investment and rare interpretive depth, she was recognized with a MacArthur "genius grant" Fellowship in 2011.
Weilerstein will make her Santa Fe debut on Tuesday, Jan. 31, at the New Mexico Museum of Art.
The cellist will play three Bach solo cello suites, including Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, Cello Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major and Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major.
Weilerstein's career is global in scope, taking her to the most prestigious international venues for solo recitals, chamber concerts and concerto collaborations with all the preeminent conductors and orchestras worldwide.
Bach's six suites for unaccompanied cello figure prominently in Weilerstein's current programming. Over the past two seasons, she has given live accounts of the complete set on three continents and for a full-capacity audience at Hamburg's iconic new Elbphilharmonie.
During the global pandemic, she has further cemented her status as one of the suites' leading exponents. Released in April 2020, her Pentatone recording of the complete set became a Billboard bestseller and was named "Album of the Week" by the UK's Sunday Times. As captured in Vox's YouTube series, her insights into Bach's first G-major prelude has been viewed over 2 million times. During the first weeks of the lockdown, she chronicled her developing engagement with the suites on social media, fostering an even closer connection with her online audience by streaming a new movement each day in her #36DaysOfBach project.
Weilerstein has appeared with all the major orchestras of the United States, Europe and Asia, collaborating with conductors including Marin Alsop, Daniel Barenboim, Semyon Bychkov, Thomas Dausgaard, Sir Andrew Davis, Gustavo Dudamel, Sir Mark Elder, Alan Gilbert, Giancarlo Guerrero, Bernard Haitink, Pablo Heras-Casado, Marek Janowski, Paavo Järvi and Lorin Maazel.
In 2009, she was one of four artists invited by Michelle Obama to participate in a widely celebrated and high-profile classical music event at the White House, featuring student workshops hosted by the first lady and performances in front of an audience that included President Barack Obama and the first family.
Alisa Weilerstein
By Performance Santa Fe
WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31
WHERE: New Mexico Museum of Art, 107 W. Palace Ave., Santa Fe
HOW MUCH: $45-$95, plus fees, at performancesantafe.org, 505-984-8759
