Classical
United States of America
Lara Downes
![Listen to Study in Blue (Arr. Edmar Colón) [Bonus Track] by Edmar Colón & Lara Downes, see lyrics, music video & more!](/mkimage/image/thumb/Music126/v4/f7/3f/c6/f73fc64b-ea34-c4f5-7b8a-ea913c253ca8/8717306262286_cover.jpg/375x375bb.webp "Listen to Study in Blue (Arr. Edmar Colón) [Bonus Track] by Edmar Colón & Lara Downes, see lyrics, music video & more!")
Upcoming Concerts for Lara Downes
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Lara Downes currently has 10 upcoming concerts; the next one is scheduled for Monday, September 1, 2025 at The Eli and Edythe Broad Stage in Santa Monica, CA, United States.
- Sep01Sep 01, 2025The Eli and Edythe Broad StageSanta Monica
- Sep11Sep 11, 2025Market Square GarageKnoxville
- Sep16Sep 16, 2025SFCM Bowes CenterSan Francisco
- Oct04Oct 04, 2025Cicada ClubLos Angeles
- Nov19Nov 19, 2025SFCM Bowes CenterNewSan Francisco
- Feb06Feb 06, 2026Krannert Center for the Performing ArtsUrbana
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About Lara Downes
Hometown
San Francisco, United States of America
Born
April 22, 1973
Genre
Classical
In addition to her reputation as one of the great concert pianists of the early 21st century, Lara Downes is known for being a daring curator, often aiming to subvert received wisdom about music history through unusual juxtapositions of material. Downes was born in 1973 to a Jamaican father and a Jewish mother of Russian descent, and she has cited her upbringing as part of the inspiration for her eclectic musical palette. After spending her formative years studying piano at top music schools throughout Europe—she'd started playing at the age of four—she returned to her hometown of San Francisco and began her performing career in earnest in the 2000s. Featuring experiments with jazz and pop as well as classical, her conceptually rich discography is dominated by left-of-center tribute albums exploring the legacy of figures as varied as Leonard Bernstein, Billie Holliday, and Scott Joplin. On one of her most acclaimed releases, 2016’s America Again, she elides jazz-influenced classical music with jazz and spirituals, incorporating disparate elements of the American musical vernacular in unexpected ways. In the 2010s and 2020s, Downes expanded her ongoing mission to highlight the music of Black and female composers in her work as a radio host, video series creator, label head (at Rising Sun Music), and essayist.
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