Background
Weilerstein was born in Rochester, New New York
Weilerstein was born in Rochester, New New York
Columbia University.
She was named a 2011 MacArthur Fellow. She started playing the cello at age four. She made her debut at age 13 with the Cleveland Orchestra playing Tchaikovsky"s Variations on a Rococo Theme.
As a soloist she has performed with a number of other major orchestras on four continents.
The trio currently resides at the New England Conservatory in Boston. Her brother is the violinist and conductor Joshua Weilerstein (born in 1987).
She performed the New York premiere of Golijov"s Cello Concerto "Azul" at Lincoln Center"s Mostly Mozart Festival, the world premiere of Auerbach"s 24 Preludes for Cello and Piano at the Caramoor International Music Festival, Auerbach"s transcription of Shostakovich Operation 34 for Cello and Piano at the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, and Hallman"s Cello Concerto with the Saint St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra.
Weilerstein has received a number of honors.
In 2006 she was awarded the Leonard Bernstein Prize at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival. In 2011 she received a MacArthur Foundation "genius grant". In 2004 she graduated from Columbia University in New York City with a Bachelor in Russian history.
She plays a 1790 William Forster Cello.