Violinist Tessa Lark is one of the most captivating artistic voices of our time. Widely praised for her technical agility, expressive nuance, and genre-defying skill, Lark (who dazzled audiences at the 2021 Rockport Chamber Music Festival) is not only an acclaimed traditional fiddler in her native Kentucky, but has also garnered an Avery Fisher Career Grant, a GRAMMY nomination for Best Classical Instrumental Solo, and other accolades cementing her place as a classical superstar.

Additionally, in 2020, she received one of Lincoln Center’s prestigious Emerging Artist Awards, and other recent honors include a 2018 Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship, a 2016 Avery Fisher Career Grant, Silver Medalist in the 9th Quadrennial International Violin Competition of Indianapolis, and winner of the 2012 Naumburg International Violin Competition.

Tessa’s debut commercial recording—SKY, a bluegrass-inspired violin concerto written for her by Michael Torke and performed with the Albany Symphony Orchestra—earned a 2020 GRAMMY nomination, and Tessa’s discography has been expanding ever since.  Her newest recording, The Stradgrass Sessions, includes collaborations with composer-performers Jon Batiste, Edgar Meyer, Michael Cleveland, and Sierra Hull; original works by Tessa; and the premier recording of John Corigliano’s solo violin composition STOMP.

In addition to Tessa’s performance schedule, she was recently named Artistic Director of Musical Masterworks, a chamber music presenter in Old Lyme, CT. Tessa plays a ca. 1600 G.P. Maggini violin on loan from an anonymous donor through the Stradivari Society of Chicago.