Ingeborg Starck (1840 – 1913) was the daughter of Finnish parents. Having shown musical gifts from a young age, she studied piano with amongst others Adolf Henselt, before completing her studies in Weimar with Franz Liszt.
During a stay in Paris in 1861 her friends included composers such as Auber, Berlioz, Rossini and Wagner. In September of the same year, she married fellow pianist-composer Hans Bronsart von Schellendorff, a member of Liszt's circle whom she had met in Weimar. She toured Europe as a concert pianist until, in 1867, her husband became general manager of the Royal Theatre in Hanover. But she remained musically active, as a composer of 4 operas, a piano concerto, chamber and instrumental music and a large number of songs.
The Phantasie Op 21 for Violin and Piano is typical 19th c. salon music, a very romantic piece. It is played here by Mirka Malmi, violin & Tiina Karakorpi, piano.