In honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Classical California is streaming a recent concert by pianist Lara Downes and violinist Daniel Hope featuring pieces by Jewish composers… Read More

After two years of shutdowns and cancellations, the Bay Area’s classical music organizations rebounded with tremendous vitality in 2022. New works and revivals, debuting artists and mi… Read More

Friends!I'm writing from a beautiful hilltop house in Hawaii, looking out over the Kona coast and reflecting on life and work over the last month.My new album REFLECTIONS: Scott Joplin Reco… Read More

https://vimeo.com/613760165/5b6066eb52Lara Downes writes:Happy Monday, with some new music!I'm proud to share with you the release of LIGHT, from Rising Sun Music - the first of a three-par… Read More

Happy New Year my dear friends! I hope this greeting finds you healthy, safe and warm despite the extreme nature of the news and the weather.On my mind at the start of this new year:REFLEC… Read More

Initial guests include Rita Dove, Kris Bowers, Regina Carter and Alexander Smalls. Series premieres Saturday, March 13 and continues through August on NPR Music.org and NPR's YouTube and soc… Read More

Reflections: Scott Joplin Reconsidered arr. Lara Downes, for Piano SoloLara Downes’ album “Reflections: Scott Joplin Reconsidered” took the world by storm when it was r… Read More

 Lara DownesJohn Malveaux of MusicUNTOLD.com writes:Dr. Michael Cooper continues to unearth new discoveries by composer Florence Price. Here is another titled CLOUDS performed by piani… Read More

Glide MagazineJim HynesApril 3, 2020Maybe it’s the impact of the movie Harriet; maybe it’s all the fine work of artists such as Mavis Staples and Rhiannon Giddens and others wh… Read More

John Malveaux of MusicUNTOLD.com writes:Wednesday March 2, 2022 while listening to KUSC classical radio station 91.5 FM, temporary host Lara Downes (weeknights 8:00 PM to midnight) program… Read More

LOOKING BACK  2019... it was a year of milestones and marvels. Some high points:  My first No. 1 on the Billboard Chart!!My album For Love of You debuted with two w… Read More

Cadenza Artists reports that Lara Downes received the 2017 Classical Recording Foundation Award "at the 16th Annual Awards Ceremony!" Cadenza Artists writes:Cadenza Artists started working… Read More