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orchestras around the world, besides frequently programming his Omaramor for solo cello. Grammy nominee Joseph Hallman has written multiple compositions for her, including a cello concerto that she premiered with the St. Petersburg Philharmonic and a trio that she premiered on tour with Barnatan and clarinetist Anthony McGill. At the 2008 Caramoor festival, she premiered Lera Auerbach’s 24 Preludes for Violoncello and Piano with the composer at the keyboard.

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, Gustavo Dudamel, Alan Gilbert, Zubin Mehta, Yuri Temirkanov, Simone Young and David Zinman.

Born in 1982, Alisa Weilerstein discovered her love for the cello at just two and a half, when she had chicken pox and her grandmother assembled a makeshift set of instruments from cereal boxes to entertain her. Although immediately drawn to the Rice Krispies box cello, Weilerstein soon grew frustrated that it didn’t produce any sound. After persuading her parents to buy her a real cello at the age of four, she developed a natural affinity for the instrument and gave her first public performance six months later. At 13, in 1995, she made her professional concert debut, playing Tchaikovsky’s «Rococo» Variations with the Cleveland Orchestra, and in March 1997 she made her first Carnegie Hall appearance with the New York Youth Symphony. A graduate of the Young Artist Program at the Cleveland Institute of Music, where she studied with Richard Weiss, Weilerstein also holds a degree in history from Columbia University. Born into a musical family, she is the daughter of violinist Donald Weilerstein and pianist Vivian Hornik Weilerstein, and the sister of conductor Joshua Weilerstein. She is married to Venezuelan conductor Rafael Payare, with whom she has a young child.

I. Fill in the gaps with derivatives of the words in brackets:

1.  Alisa Weilerstein is one of the foremost __________ (cello) of our time.

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2.  She is known for her _____________ (consume) ___________

(art), emotional __________ (invest) and rare __________

(interprete) __________ (deep).

3.  Today her career is ______ (true) ________ (globe) in scope, taking her to the most ___________ (prestige) _________ (nation) venues for solo recitals.

4.  Bach’s six suites for ______________ (accompany) cello figure ____________ (prominence) in Weilerstein’s current

_____________ (program).

5.  During the first weeks of the lockdown, she ___________

(chronic) her ____________ (develop) ____________ (engage) with the suites on social media.

6.  She fostered an even closer ____________ (connect) with her online audience by streaming a new ___________ (move) each day in her innovative Bachproject.

7.  She has worked ____________ (extend) with Osvaldo Golijov. 8.  Although _____________ (immediate) drawn to the Rice Krispies box cello, Weilerstein soon grew _____________

(frustration) that it didn’t __________ (product) any sound.

9.  Born into a ___________ (musician) family, she is the daughter of ________ (violin) Donald Weilerstein and ________ (piano) Vivian Hornik Weilerstein.

II. Fill in the gaps with the words below:

anniversary, degree, discovered, unaccompanied, persuading, rapturously rewrote, venues, foremost, lockdown

1.  Alisa Weilerstein is one of the ____________ cellists of our time. 2.  Today her career is truly global in scope, taking her to the most prestigious international _______________.

3.  Bach’s six suites for _______________ cello figure prominently in Weilerstein’s current programming.

4.  Over the past two seasons, she has given __________ received live accounts of the complete set on three continents.

5.  During the first weeks of the __________, she chronicled her developing engagement with the suites on social media.

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6.  To celebrate Beethoven’s 250th _____________, she and the Israeli pianist performed the composer’s five cello sonatas in Cincinnati and Scottsdale.

7.  She has worked extensively with Osvaldo Golijov, who

__________Azul for cello and orchestra for her.

8.  Born in 1982, Alisa Weilerstein ______________her love for the cello at just two and a half.

9.  After _______________ her parents to buy her a real cello at the age of four, she developed a natural affinity for the instrument.

10. Weilerstein also holds a __________in history from Columbia University.

III. Fill in the gaps with suitable fragments: a)  for her New York premiere performance b)  soon grew frustrated that

c)  besides making solo Bach appearances d)  a natural affinity for the instrument e)  Grammy nominee

f)  an ardent champion

g)  her professional concert debut h)  further cemented her status as

i)  the pressures of a pandemic can change the very sound j)  with a MacArthur «genius grant» Fellowship

Known for her consummate artistry, emotional investment and rare interpretive depth, she was recognized (1)

_____________________________ in 2011.

During the global pandemic, she has (2) __________________ one of the suites’ leading exponents.

Weilerstein gave listeners the rare opportunity to learn whether «(3) _____________________________a musician makes, or help her see a beloved piece in a new way».

In recital, (4) ____________________, she reunited with her frequent duo partner, Inon Barnatan, for Brahms and Shostakovich at London’s Wigmore Hall.

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Committed to expanding the cello repertoire, Weilerstein is (5)

______________ of new music.

She has worked extensively with Osvaldo Golijov, who rewrote Azul for cello and orchestra (6) ______________________ at the opening of the 2007 Mostly Mozart Festival.

(7) ___________________Joseph Hallman has written multiple compositions for her, including a cello concerto that she premiered with the St. Petersburg Philharmonic.

Although immediately drawn to the Rice Krispies box cello, Weilerstein (8) ________________ it didn’t produce any sound. After persuading her parents to buy her a real cello at the age of four, she developed (9) ________________________ and gave her first public performance six months later.

At 13, in 1995, she made (10) ______________________, playing Tchaikovsky’s «Rococo» Variations with the Cleveland Orchestra.

IV. Answer the following questions:

1.  What is Alisa Weilerstein well-known for? 2.  Where does her career regularly take her?

3.  Which compositions figure prominently in Weilerstein’s current programming?

4.  What did she do during the first weeks of the lockdown? 5.  Who is her frequent duo partner?

6.  What is Weilerstein committed to?

7.  What new music composers has she worked with? 8.  Which orchestras has she collaborated with?

9.  How did Alisa Weilerstein discover her love for the cello? 10.  Why did she soon grow frustrated?

11.  When did she make her professional concert debut? 12.  Is Alisa the only musician in her family?

V. True or false?

1.  Alisa Weilerstein is one of the foremost violinists of our time. 2.  Known for her consummate artistry, emotional investment and rare interpretive depth, she was recognized with a MacArthur «genius grant» Fellowship in 2011.

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3.  Bach’s six suites for accompanied cello figure prominently in Weilerstein’s current programming.

4.  During the global pandemic, she has not performed any Bach music at all.

5.  She has worked extensively with Osvaldo Golijov, who rewrote Azul for cello and orchestra for her New York premiere performance at the opening of the 2007 Mostly Mozart Festival.

6.  Since then she has played the work only in New York.

7.  At the 2008 Caramoor festival, she premiered Lera Auerbach’s 24 Preludes for Violoncello and Piano with the composer at the keyboard.

8.  Alisa Weilerstein’s first instrument was made from wood.

9.  Although immediately drawn to the box cello, Weilerstein soon grew frustrated that it didn’t produce any sound.

10.  Weilerstein also holds a degree in Philosophy from Columbia University.

VI. Retell the text using active vocabulary.

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