Violinist Tekla Cunningham is a native of Seattle, WA. She recently returned to the Northwest after seven years in northern California. Tekla performs with the American Bach Soloists, Musica Angelica in Los Angeles, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, the San Francisco Bach Choir, Seattle Baroque Orchestra and also plays at the San Luis Obispo Mozart Festival and the Carmel Bach Festival. Last year she founded Whidbey Island Music Festival, a summer chamber music event presenting a variety of baroque and early classical concerts. Tekla has appeared as a guest artist with many noted chamber music groups, including the Artaria Quartet, the Del Sol Quartet and Musica Pacifica. Her string quartet, the Novello Quartet, charms audiences with period-instrument performances of music by Joseph Haydn and his contemporaries. The Novello Quartet’s debut CD of Haydn’s Opus 50 string quartets is soon to be released. Tekla studied history, German literature, and music at Johns Hopkins University and Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore. She continued her musical studies at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Vienna, Austria, and was graduated with a master’s degree from the Conservatory of Music in San Francisco.