蜜芽传媒

Norman Lebrecht talks to Alisa Weilerstein, who at the age of 43 is one of the world's leading cellists. Alisa recalls growing up in a musical family in her native America and explains how she's managed to deal with her diabetes since the age of 9 and making her debut at the age of 13 playing Tchaikovsky's Rococo Variations with the Cleveland Orchestra. Alisa talks about her admiration for fellow cellist Jacqueline du Pr茅 and what she learnt from rehearsing Shostakovich's first cello concerto with its dedicatee, Mstislav Rostropovich. She is passionate about championing contemporary music having commissioned and premiered a number of pieces, and talks about her collaborations with a wide range of living composers. And beyond music, one of her major passions: the history of Russia, which she studied at degree level at Columbia University.