DEBUT - Alisa Weilerstein & Vivian Hornik Weilerstein ~ Works for Cello and Piano
SLSO Blog (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
... House has celebrated country, jazz, and Latin music, and on November 4, Josh Bell, Sharon Isbin, Alisa Weilerstein, and Awadagin Pratt gave afternoon masterclasses to students and an evening concert to 120 invited guests for classical music's turn on the White House stage. Fred took the time to talk to me about his impressions of his day at the White House. Watch.
Where's the Outrage? (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
I played the cello for 4 or 5 years. Maybe my cello was broken because it never sounded like this. Cellists Alisa Weilerstein and 8 year-old Sujari Britt perform Luigi Boccherini’s Sonata for Two Cellos in C Major, 1st movement: Allegro moderato. November 4, 2009.
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
... and vibrant classical musicians: violinist Joshua Bell, classical guitarist Sharon Isbin, cellist Alisa Weilerstein and pianist Awadagin Pratt. And the superstars teamed with some youngsters of uncanny ability. Pratt plunked himself down on a piano bench next to 14-year-old Lucy Hattemer of Cincinnati to perform a Schubert duet on the East Room's Steinway during the afternoon concert....
The Washington Note (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Tonight there is a classical music evening at the White House with Alisa Weilerstein (picture to left) and others -- and some of my close friends are there. I'm just wondering why I haven't yet made the cut for either...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Notes don't ring so much as they tend to be wrung from Dvorak's Cello Concerto: It's the grandest piece of its kind and solo cellists can't help loving it to their (and sometimes the audience's) distraction.Only when the concerto is performed by somebody as original and charismatic as Alisa Weilerstein, the Philadelphia Orchestra's featured soloist yesterday at the Kimmel Center, does...
AfriClassical (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
... Award-winning violinist Joshua Bell, Grammy Award-winning guitarist Sharon Isbin, renowned cellist Alisa Weilerstein, and acclaimed pianist Awadagin Pratt. Metro Detroit piano students David Valentine II, Alexandra Halladay, Breanna Lockhart, Jaina Bennett and Lindsay Walker will all attend a class taught by Awadagin Pratt, who was recently a member of the Sphinx Competition Jury...
Lynn Sweet (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
... have to give my manager 20 percent." Next, to the Diplomatic Room, for 27-year-old cellist Alisa Weilerstein - called by New York magazine, "arguably, Yo-Yo Ma's heiress apparent -- and a roomful of cellists. The group played the prelude to one of the Bachianas Brasilieras, by Heitor Villa-Lobos. Then it was off to the Blue Room, for virtuoso classical guitarist Sharon Isbin...
92Y Blog (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
... violinist Joshua Bell, Grammy-award winning guitarist Sharon Isbin, along with the cellist Alisa Weilerstein and the pianist Awadagin Pratt. The concert will also include child protégés Sujari Britt and Jason Yoder, who will accompany Ms. Weilerstein in duets. Fans of our concert programming at 92Y have most likely seen some of these artists here on our stage....
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
... White House. The visiting students were coached by four classical artists - violinist , cellist Alisa Weilerstein, guitarist Sharon Isbin, and pianist Awadagin Pratt. (Those artists performed Wednesday night in a White House concert attended by .)After the workshop sessions were over, the students assembled in the East Room, where Mrs. Obama welcomed them as "the classical superstars...
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
... White House. The visiting students were coached by four classical artists - violinist , cellist Alisa Weilerstein, guitarist Sharon Isbin, and pianist Awadagin Pratt. (Those artists performed Wednesday night in a White House concert attended by .)After the workshop sessions were over, the students assembled in the East Room, where Mrs. Obama welcomed them as "the classical superstars...
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
The concert featured some of today's most important young and vibrant classical musicians: violist Joshua Bell, classical guitarist Sharon Isbin, cellist Alisa Weilerstein and pianist Awadagin Pratt. And at an afternoon performance for the young musicians, the superstars teamed up with some youngsters of uncanny ability.
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
... and vibrant classical musicians: violinist Joshua Bell, classical guitarist Sharon Isbin, cellist Alisa Weilerstein and pianist Awadagin Pratt. And the superstars teamed with some youngsters of uncanny ability. Pratt plunked himself down on a piano bench next to 14-year-old Lucy Hattemer of Cincinnati to perform a Schubert duet on the East Room's Steinway during the afternoon concert....
Culture Monster (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Etiquette and protocol probably figure into any proceedings in the East Room of the White House. But with classical music on the agenda Wednesday evening, President Obama was alert to some special do's and don'ts as he welcomed an audience for performances by violinist Joshua Bell, guitarist Sharon Isbin, cellist Alisa Weilerstein and pianist Awadagin Pratt, with some young student musicians...
Horserace (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
... event celebrating classical music in the East Room. Performers include Joshua Bell, Sharon Isbin, Alisa Weilerstein and Awadagin Pratt. This concert will be streamed live on www.WhiteHouse.gov and will air on SIRIUS XM Radio’s Symphony Hall channel, SIRIUS channel 80 and XM channel 78, over the weekend. Here's the full schedule from the White House (all times Eastern): 9:30AM: President...
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Performers include Joshua Bell, Sharon Isbin, Alisa Weilerstein and Awadagin Pratt. This concert, scheduled to begin at 7:15 p.m. EST, will be streamed live on and will air on satellite radio over the weekend.
