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“Over the pandemic, I did
countless livestreams and, after
a while, that got very old,
”
Weilerstein said. “I also did
several recording projects and
created a very large commis-
sioned (work), which is going
to be a multi-year project with
thoughts about how we would
come back together in the
concert hall.
“It’s very much live music
and called ‘Fragments.
’ I
commissioned 27 composers
diverse in every way in terms
of age, level of establishment,
race, ethnicity and gender.
They all wrote 10-minute long
solo pieces for me.
“I’ve created six programs
and also engaged a director.
The first two programs are
going to be unveiled this sea-
son. Three and four will come
out the following season, and
the entire budget will come
out the season after that.
”
Weilerstein is based in two
homes — one in San Diego
and the other in Montreal. She
and husband, Rafael Payare,
a conductor, work together
on occasion as she considers
themselves musically aligned.

They have two daughters, ages
6 and under a year, and the
older child plays the violin.
“I am encouraging my
daughters in music and letting
them find it independently,
”
she said. “Music needs to be
part of their lives, for sure, and
part of their education, but
what they do with it is entirely
up to them. They need to fol-
low their hearts.
”
Diagnosed before she
was 10 with type 1 diabetes,
Weilerstein supports causes
leading to a cure.
“I started working with the
Juvenile Diabetes Research
Foundation a little while
ago,
” she said. “We need to
do everything we can to raise
awareness of the potential dev-
astating complications of type
1 diabetes and put efforts into
finding a cure.
“
At the same time, the mes-
sage is a very positive one.
With the right attitude and
vigilantly managing of one’s
blood sugar, it is completely
possible to live the life that you
always wanted to live. Here I
am approaching middle age,
and I am healthy and had two
very healthy pregnancies. My
career is exactly where I want
it to be.
”
Weilerstein, who had a bat
mitzvah and has performed in
Jerusalem, feels culturally very
Jewish. She finds being able
to pass down the traditions to
her daughters a fantastic expe-
rience.

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