Tessa Lark – Past Concerts
Violinist Tessa Lark is one of the most captivating artistic voices of our time, consistently praised by critics and audiences for her astounding range of sounds, technical agility, and musical elegance. In 2020 she was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Classical Instrumental Solo category and received one of Lincoln Center's prestigious Emerging Artist Awards, the special Hunt Family Award. Other recent honors include a 2018 Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship and 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. A budding superstar in the classical realm, she is also a highly acclaimed fiddler in the tradition of her native Kentucky, delighting audiences with programming that includes Appalachian and bluegrass music and inspiring composers to write for her.
Tessa has been a featured soloist at numerous US orchestras, recital venues, and festivals since making her concerto debut with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra at age 16. She has appeared with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra; the Louisville Orchestra and the Buffalo Philharmonic; the Albany, Indianapolis, Knoxville and Seattle symphonies; and has been presented by such venues as Carnegie Hall, New York's Lincoln Center, Amsterdam's Concertgebouw, the Music Center at Strathmore, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, San Francisco Performances, Ravinia, the Seattle Chamber Music Society, Australia’s Musica Viva Festival, and the Marlboro, Mostly Mozart, Bridgehampton, and La Jolla summer festivals.
Highlights of her 2021-22 season include debuts at London’s Wigmore Hall and Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall; return appearances for recital series such as Cal Performances and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum; and numerous concerto engagements, including the world premiere of Michael Schachter’s violin concerto, Cycles of Life, with the Knoxville Symphony in April 2022.
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. Recordings include Fantasy, an album on the First Hand Records label that includes fantasias by Schubert, Telemann and Fritz Kreisler, Ravel's Tzigane, and Tessa's own Appalachian Fantasy; Invention, a debut album of the violin-bass duo Lark and Thurber that comprises arrangements of Two-Part Inventions by J.S. Bach along with non-classical original compositions by Tessa and her fiancé, Michael Thurber; and a live performance recording of Astor Piazzolla's The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires, released in 2021 by the Buffalo Philharmonic in honor of Piazzolla's 100-year anniversary.
Tessa's belief in music's power to foster global connection and community across boundaries manifests in her genre-defying collaborations. Along with the Lark and Thurber duo, new projects include a string trio with composer-bassist Edgar Meyer and cellist Joshua Roman and a duo partnership with jazz guitarist Frank Vignola.
Meany Center: Tessa Lark, Joshua Roman, & Edgar Meyer – Timeless
Edgar Meyer — Trio No. 1 for Violin, Cello, and Double Bass
Edgar Meyer — Selected works (world premiere TBA)
$25-$80 ($10 UW student)
Sunriver Music Festival Season Finale Classical Concert: AIR
Michael Torke — Sky
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551 "Jupiter"
$45-$88 ($25 ages 25 & under)
Sunriver Music Festival Solo Violin Concert with Tessa Lark
The picturesque Great Hall sets the scene for an eclectic solo performance from violinist Tessa Lark, who is praised for her astounding ran…
$36-$74 ($25 ages 25 & under)
SCMS Summer Festival: Schumann, Shostakovich, Suk
Dmitri Shostakovich — String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110
Josef Suk — Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 8
In person: $65-$70 ($30 student) |
Stream: $30
SCMS Free Pre-Concert Recital: Tessa Lark, violin
Tessa Lark — Ysaÿe Shuffle
Tessa Lark — Selected works
Free
SCMS Summer Festival: Chamber Music in the Park
Robert Schumann — Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44
Free
SCMS Summer Festival: Tasting Notes
2023 James Beard award-winning chef J. Kenji Lopez-Alt cooks, James Ehnes plays, guest appearances from head chefs of Canlis, Beast & C…
$40-$125 ($440-$525 concert + VIP experience)
SCMS Summer Festival: Wiancko, Franck, Schumann
César Franck — Violin Sonata in A major
Robert Schumann — Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 63
In person: $65-$70 ($30 student) |
Stream: $30
SCMS Summer Festival Open Rehearsal: Michi Wiancko's 'Fantasia for Tomorrow'
Free (RSVP required)
SCMS Summer Festival: Kodály, Kernis, Dvorák
Aaron Jay Kernis — Sonatine
Antonín Dvořák — Piano Trio No. 3 in F minor, Op. 65, B. 130
In person: $65-$70 ($30 student) |
Stream: $30
SCMS: Tessa Lark, Efe Baltacıgil, & Paige Roberts Molloy
In person: $60 |
Stream: $30
USCB Chamber Music Livestream: Bruch, Gliere, de Sarasate, Arensky
Max Bruch — Kol Nidrei, Op. 47
Reinhold Glière — Huit Morceaux (8 Duets for Violin and Cello), Op. 39 (Canzonetta & Etude)
Eddie Barbash / Tessa Lark / Michael Thurber — Wooden Soldier
Pablo de Sarasate — Carmen Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 25
Anton Arensky — Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 32
$35
USCB Chamber Music: Tessa Lark, Alice Yoo, & Andrew Armstrong
Max Bruch — Kol Nidrei, Op. 47 (arr. for cello & piano)
Reinhold Glière — Huit Morceaux (8 Duets for Violin and Cello), Op. 39 ("IV. Canzonetta" & "VIII. Etude")
Eddie Barbash / Tessa Lark / Michael Thurber — Wooden Soldier (arr. for violin & cello)
Pablo de Sarasate — Carmen Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 25 (arr. for violin & piano)
Anton Arensky — Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 32
In person: $45-$55
Stream: $35
SCMS Chamber Music in the Park: Kodály & Schubert
Free
SCMS Summer Festival: Glière, Schumann, Brahms
Robert Schumann — Piano Trio No. 2 in F major, Op. 80
Johannes Brahms — Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60
Johannes Brahms — Klavierstucke (Six Pieces for Piano), Op. 118 (Nos. 1 & 2)
In person: $60 ($25 student/ages 30 & under) | Stream: $30
SCMS Summer Festival: Ravaei, Prokofiev, Brahms
Sergei Prokofiev — Cello Sonata in C minor, Op. 119
Johannes Brahms — Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8
In person: $60 ($25 student/ages 30 & under) | Stream: $30
Carnegie Hall Citywide: Tessa Lark & Michael Thurber
American folk and European classical styles come together with virtuosity, playfulness, and a contagious sense of curiosity in the hands of…
Free
Oregon Mozart Players: The Sea & the Sky
Claude Debussy — La Mer, L. 109, CD. 111 (Arr. Iain Farrington)
Roger Quilter — Where the Rainbow Ends
Michael Torke — Sky
$26.40-$66 ($5 student)
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Arensky, Strauss, Dvorák
Richard Strauss — Violin Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 18
Antonín Dvořák — String Quintet No. 2 in G major, Op. 77, B. 49
$25
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Norman, Vivaldi, Piazzolla
Antonio Vivaldi — Violin Concerto No. 1 in E major, Op. 8, RV 269 "La primavera" ("Spring" from The Four Seasons)
Antonio Vivaldi — Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 8, RV 315 "L'estate" ("Summer" from The Four Seasons)
Antonio Vivaldi — Violin Concerto No. 3 in F major, Op. 8, RV 293 "L'autunno" ("Autumn" from The Four Seasons)
Antonio Vivaldi — Violin Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Op. 8, RV 297 "L'inverno" ("Winter" from The Four Seasons)
Astor Piazzolla — Las cuatro estaciones porteñas ("The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires")
$25
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