The album's title, "Fantasy," refers to a musical form that allows for free-form composition, unbound by traditional structures.
Tessa Lark performs on a c.1600 G.P. Maggini violin, which is on loan from an anonymous donor through the Stradivari Society of Chicago.
Tessa Lark, the violinist on this album, is a recipient of a 2018 Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship and a 2016 Avery Fisher Career Grant.
Amy Yang, the pianist, has been praised by the Washington Post as a "jaw-dropping pianist who steals the show…with effortless finesse."
This album was recorded at the American Academy of Arts and Letters in New York City in April 2016.
Tessa Lark, the violinist, grew up in Kentucky and incorporates bluegrass and Appalachian music into her performances and programming.
