Lara Downes

On WCRB In Concert with the Boston Pops, pianist Lara Downes and actor/singer Brian Stokes Mitchell join for an evening of music dedicated to the musical legacy of Duke Ellington, plus the world premiere of a concerto built on music by Billy Strayhorn, all conducted by Keith Lockhart.

Sunday at 7pm, in an encore broadcast from 2019, Rhiannon Giddens, along with pianist Lara Downes, joins the Boston Pops and conductor Keith Lockhart for…

In 2009 a treasure trove of music was found in an abandoned house in Chicago. Now, for the first time, we can hear some of these works, thanks to two…

Pianist and composer Clara Schumann’s bicentenary falls on September 13, 2019, and pianist Lara Downes wants to share her awe of Clara’s…

Watch and listen as one of today's most adventurous pianists celebrates Leonard Bernstein in a live Front Row Boston performance at WCRB.Lara Downes’…

In an all-American program, Downes curates an album that explores the various facets of the American Dream.Having finally developed a sense of national…