Tessa Lark, Violinist October 20, 2012

A recent winner at the 2012 Walter W. Naumburg International Violin Competition, Tessa Lark has been praised for her "powerful sound even in the most ethereal upper reaches of harmonics and ordinario." (Boston Music Intelligencer). Lark has also taken top honors in the Johansen (2006), Irving M. Klein (2008) and Michael Hill (2009) international competitions, and previously toured Europe and Asia as the concertmaster of the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music's preparatory Starling Chamber Orchestra until 2006. She has twice been featured on NPR's From the Top and performed with orchestras from Beijing to Santa Cruz.