“Addicting - Downes plays with an open, honest heart”
— Huffington Post
“A balletic reverie...rendered with nuance and drama”
— The Washington Post
“Here is technique so good you’re not even aware of it - she never flaunts it, never gets in the way of the music. You’re only aware that you want to move…”
— Fanfare Magazine
“A magnetic force wrapped in flawless technique and a silken touch”
— Musical Toronto
“One of the most honest, moving and splendid piano recitals heard on the coast in the past ten years... long singing melodies, devotedly voiced and sensitively phrased, proclaimed a pianist who cares greatly for sound.”
