Cellist to perform in Elgin
Cellist Alisa Weilerstein will be joining the Elgin Symphony Orchestra for three concerts in January performing the famous Haydn Cello Concerto in D Major.
The first concert will be at 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 7, at the Prairie Arts Center, 201 Schaumburg Court in Schaumburg. The next concerts will be at 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 8, and 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 9, at the Hemmens, 45 Symphony Way in Elgin.
Other works on the program, conducted by music director Robert Hanson, include Handel's “Entrance of the Queen of Sheba” and Bruckner's Symphony No. 6.
Call the ESO box office at (847) 888-4000 for tickets, or visit the website www.elginsymphony.org to order online.
Weilerstein will also be giving a free master class at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 8, at Gail Borden Public Library, 270 N. Grove Ave., Elgin.
A master class is a class given to students of a particular discipline by an expert. Three young cellists from the Elgin Youth Symphony Orchestra will be performing works prepared in advance. Weilerstein will coach each individual before an audience consisting of students, teachers and other music enthusiasts. All are welcome. This event is free and open to the public.
The 28-year-old American cellist Alisa Weilerstein has attracted widespread recognition for playing that combines natural virtuosity and technical assurance with impassioned musicianship.
Since her first public concert at the age of 4, Weilerstein has performed with the nation's top orchestras, given recitals in music capitals throughout the U.S. and Europe, and regularly participates in prestigious international festivals.
She is also dedicated to performing chamber music, having grown up in a family of musicians with whom she collaborated from an early age. Weilerstein is already continually engaged by orchestras across the U.S. and has performed as soloist with the Baltimore Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Colorado Symphony, Dallas Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Honolulu Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony, San Antonio Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, National Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of St. Luke's, and the Houston Symphony.