Dvorak Trios; Weilerstein Trio
The highly acclaimed Weilerstein Trio, the trio-in-residence at  the New England Conservatory of Music, has performed in many of the world's  major cities. They first performed together publicly at the Round Top  Festival in Texas when Alisa was six years old. Highlights of the current  and past seasons include concerts at Lincoln Center in New York City and at  prominent venues in Washington, D.C., Cleveland, St. Louis, St. Paul, San  Francisco, Los Angeles, and Boston. The Trio made their London debut in  2004 at the Royal Academy of Music. They have been guests on the nationally  broadcast radio programs St. Paul Sunday, NPR Performances Today, and Alisa  and Vivian were featured  in More Magazine and on the Jane Pauley Show in  stories about mother/daughter professional teams. The Trio has gained a  wide following among audiences across the United States.  Their new CD for  Koch Records is scheduled for a January '06 release and will feature trios  of DvoÃ¸Ã¡k.The trio members also have thriving careers as soloists and duo artists.  Donald and Vivian, as the Weilerstein Duo, have given critically acclaimed  recitals at Alice Tully Hall, the 92nd Street Y, and Merkin Hall in New  York City, at the Corcoran Gallery in Washington,DC, and in major cities in  the United States, Europe, and Israel. A recent highlight was a performance  at the International BartÃ³k Festival in Austin, Texas. The Duo has  returned regularly to the Aspen, Marlboro, and Yellow Barn Music Festivals,  as well as the Perlman Chamber Music Program.  They have participated in  many other festivals, including Norfolk, La Jolla, and Kneisel Hall, and  have been guest artists at the Young Musician's Festival in Israel and at  the Daniel Days in Holland. This summer they will go to Shanghai, China, to  teach and perform at the Morningside Music Bridge.The Duo's discography includes the complete works of Ernest Bloch for  violin and piano and the sonatas of JanÃ¡cek, Dohnanyi, and Enescu for  Arabesque Records and the complete Schumann sonatas for Azica Records.  Fanfare declared the Bloch recordings a "must" on the journal's annual  "Want List," and American Record Guide lauded both the Bloch and JanÃ¡cek   recordings.The Weilersteins are on the faculty of the New England Conservatory of  Music and are in demand for master classes and residencies throughout the  country.Donald Weilerstein is known to many as a founding member and first  violinist of the renowned Cleveland Quartet. In addition to touring the  world during his twenty years with the quartet, he made numerous recordings  on the RCA, Telarc, CBS, Phillips, and Pro Arte labels. These recordings  won seven Grammy nominations and Best of the Year awards from Time and  Stereo Review. Early in his career he won both the Munich and Young Concert  Artists Competitions.  Mr. Weilerstein is also on the faculty of the  Juilliard School. His students have been prizewinners in major national and  international competitions. They can be heard as soloists and as members of  many of today's leading orchestras and chamber ensembles.Vivian Hornik Weilerstein performs frequently as a collaborator with many  of today's most eminent artists and ensembles. Recent performances include  concerts in Japan and Europe. She has been a soloist with the Kansas City  Symphony and the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale di Torino. Ms. Weilerstein  is the director of the Professional Piano Trio Training Program at the New  England Conservatory of Music and also serves on NEC's piano and chamber  music faculties.Alisa Weilerstein is internationally renowned as one of the premiere  soloists and chamber musicians of her generation. Her highly praised debut  disc, recorded with Vivian Hornik Weilerstein, was released on EMI Classics  in 2000. That same year, she was awarded an Avery Fisher Career Grant. Ms.  Weilerstein  has performed as soloist with the New York Philharmonic,  Cleveland Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de  France, Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich,  Royal Scottish National Orchestra, and  the symphony orchestras of Baltimore, Bournemouth, Cincinnati, Colorado,  Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Minnesota, Pittsburgh, Tokyo, and San Francisco,  among many others. She was chosen by Carnegie Hall to be an "ECHO" Rising  Star in 2001, and she is an alumna of Lincoln Center's Chamber Music  Society II.  Born in 1982, she made her debut with the Cleveland Orchestra  at age 13 and her Carnegie Hall debut two years later. Ms. Weilerstein  holds a bachelor's degree in history from Columbia University.