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Santa Fe, NM, January 4, 2022 – A world-renowned interpreter of Bach’s solo cello repertoire, Alisa Weilerstein makes her long-awaited Santa Fe recital debut with a performance of three of Bach’s solo cello suites. Known for her consummate artistry, emotional investment, and rare interpretive depth, Weilerstein was recognized with a MacArthur “genius grant” Fellowship in 2011. Her career is truly 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. Weilerstein’s 2020 recording of all six Bach cello suites was praised for its “sunlit clarity” (The Guardian) and “expressive but authoritative style” (The Classic Review). Performance Santa Fe is honored to present this luminary in a live performance of the music that inspires her.
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Alisa Weilerstein, cello
Tuesday, January 31 | 7:30 pm
St. Francis Auditorium, 107 W Palace Ave, Santa Fe, NM 87501
$45–$95
Save up to 50% off your ticket order with student and family discounts
$20 Rush tickets available the day of the performance for patrons under 30
To purchase tickets, visit PerformanceSantaFe.org or call (505) 984 8759
Alisa Weilerstein, cello. Solo Bach cello suites. Presented by Performance Santa Fe at St. Francis Auditorium, 107 W Palace Ave, Santa Fe, NM 87501. Tuesday, January 31, 7:30 pm. Tickets: $45–$95. (505) 984 8759. PerformanceSantaFe.org.
Special Events
MASTERCLASS SERIES with Alisa Weilerstein
Monday, January 30 | 6 pm
United Church of Santa Fe
Alisa is joined by students from the Santa Fe Youth Symphony Association for a public master class.
This event is free, but RSVPs are required.
Call 505 986 8759 to RSVP.
Bach Illuminated
Tuesday, January 31 | 5:30 pm
Hervé Wine Bar
$90
A dinner, immediately preceding Alisa Weilerstein’s concert, featuring prominent music historian and writer Oliver Prezant in discussion about the unique history and significance of Bach’s suites for solo cello
This event is ticketed and open to the public. To purchase tickets and find out more, call 505 984 8759.
About Alisa Weilerstein
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. Today her career is truly 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. “Weilerstein is a throwback to an earlier age of classical performers: not content merely to serve as a vessel for the composer’s wishes, she inhabits a piece fully and turns it to her own ends,” marvels the New York Times. “Weilerstein’s cello is her id. She doesn’t give the impression that making music involves will at all. She and the cello seem simply to be one and the same,” agrees the Los Angeles Times. As the UK’s Telegraph put it, “Weilerstein is truly a phenomenon.”
With her multi-season new project, “FRAGMENTS,” Weilerstein aims to rethink the concert experience and broaden the tent for classical music. A multisensory production for solo cello, the six-chapter series sees her weave together the 36 movements of Bach’s solo cello suites with 27 new commissions. Weilerstein recently premiered Joan Tower’s new cello concerto, A New Day, at the Colorado Music Festival. The work was co-commissioned with the Detroit Symphony; the Cleveland Orchestra, where Weilerstein performed it last fall; and the National Symphony, where she reprised it in May. An ardent proponent of contemporary music, she has also premiered and championed important new works by composers including Pascal Dusapin, Osvaldo Golijov and Matthias Pintscher. Already an authority on Bach’s music for unaccompanied cello, in spring 2020 Weilerstein released a best-selling recording of his solo suites on the Pentatone label, streamed them in her innovative #36DaysOfBach project, and deconstructed his beloved G-major prelude in a Vox.com video, viewed more than two million times. Her discography also includes chart-topping albums and the winner of BBC Music’s “Recording of the Year” award, while other career milestones include a performance at the White House for President and Mrs. Obama.
Diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at nine years old, Weilerstein is a staunch advocate for the T1D community. She lives with her husband, Venezuelan conductor Rafael Payare, and their two young children.
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About Performance Santa Fe
Performance Santa Fe has been bringing the very best of music, dance, and theater to iconic Santa Fe locations since 1937. Now in its 86th season, the organization upholds excellence in the performing arts and brings joy and enrichment to the community. Alongside its extensive performance season, the organization runs three dynamic, exciting, and inclusive educational programs for students in the community— Arts for Life, the Masterclass Series, and the Field Trip Series. PSF’s 2022-2023 season brings 27 performances to Santa Fe and celebrates the diverse possibilities of artistic expression. Learn more at PerformanceSantaFe.org. Performance Santa Fe is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.
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