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13 WAYS of Looking at the Goldberg: Bach Reimagined 

has been acclaimed by critics nationwide:

"Electric"... "Otherworldly"...  

"Magnificent"..."Addicting"...

"At once playful and arresting".


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Why do I make music?


Because music is my voice in the world. I don’t know a better way to open ears, hearts and minds, to break down borders and barriers, and to preserve a space for beauty in our noisy, chaotic world.


Because it's a new day. It's a thrilling time to be making music for new audiences, in new ways, in new spaces, using new perspectives, references and technologies to expand the possibilities of the concert experience - to make that experience, itself, into a new kind of art.


Because I want my audiences to find new ways to hear music, think about music, and talk about music.


Because music tells stories. I discover and share those stories with my audiences so that the music can resonate with your experiences of the world around you and the world of your own imagination.


Because I love performing, in a glamorous concert hall, a club, or a 3rd-grade classroom. I love the electricity, the give and take of energy in the room. I love the exhilarating, exhausting feeling of playing my heart out, and the rush when an audience jumps to its feet at the end. I love the element of danger, and the high of a great performance. I love walking out of the stage door late at night, tired and hungry, knowing I’m going to do it all again tomorrow.


Because where I want to be is out here on the front lines making the world safe for classical music, one note at a time. Whether I’m at home in my studio or out on the road, packing or unpacking, doing my scales or doing my laundry, day in and day out, my life is a life in music.


-Lara



News

16 Jan 2012
Classical Music Discoveries
For this week's show we are proud to bring to you selections from Lara Downes' latest CD - "13 Ways of Looking at the Goldberg" Blessed with a captivating presence both on and offstage, critically acclaimed American pianist Lara Downes has garn...
15 Dec 2011
A Passion For Piano
13 Ways of Looking at the Goldberg is a set of new pieces inspired by the aria of the Goldbergs, the piece that is the subject of the original variations themselves. Twelve composers were commissioned to write these solo piano works by the Gilmore...
15 Nov 2011
Twitter / laradownes
laradownes: RT @tedgioia: Today's listening: Lara Downes new CD Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Goldberg - one of the year's best CDs.
14 Nov 2011
WFIU: Featured Classical Recordings
"Making the world safe for classical music, one note at a time." Lara Downes goal!
14 Nov 2011
WFIU: Classical Music
"Making the world safe for classical music, one note at a time." Lara Downes goal!
5 Nov 2011
Classical News
Nov. 12 brings together on the Mondavi Center stage a UC Davis artist in residence, the pianist Lara Downes, with a tribute to one of J.S. Bach's most beloved solo pieces.
4 Nov 2011
SFCV Latest News
Lara Downes talks about her latest recording project, 13 Ways of Looking at the Goldberg, which she will play live at UC Davis.