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Musician Lara Downes Debuts NPR Series Saturday

Karen Michele Nikos — October 16, 2020 - 4:17pm

Lara Downes, who has long been a performing artist at the �ٺ��Ƶ Mondavi Center, launches a national show this Saturday, Oct. 17, on NPR Music.

Amplify with Lara Downes, promises to offer intimate and revealing conversations in a video format with leading Black, Indigenous and people of color, or BIPOC, musicians.

Weekender: Bernstein Caberet at Mondavi, and More

Karen Michele Nikos — March 27, 2019 - 1:28pm

Music of Bernstein, Duke Ellington and others at Mondavi Friday

Pianist Lara Downes, who also directs the Mondavi Center Young Artists Competition (April 26-28), and vocalist Theo Bleckmann, will present a duo cabaret showcasing the music of Leonard Bernstein, Duke Ellington and Kurt Weill on Friday at the Mondavi Center.

Pianist, Wheat Geneticist Recipients of 2017 Innovator of the Year Awards

Andy Fell — June 08, 2017 - 11:41am

Lara Downes, artist in residence at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts, and Jorge Dubcovsky, distinguished professor of plant sciences and Howard Hughes Medical Institute researcher, were named the 2017 Innovators of the Year by University of California, Davis, Interim Chancellor Ralph J. Hexter at a ceremony on campus tonight.

Music, Spoken-Word Video Advocates for the Arts

Dave Jones — May 22, 2017 - 7:02am

What a trio! What a message! Lara Downes, pianist, artist in residence at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts. Yo-Yo Ma, cellist, who needs no further introduction. Aaron Dworkin, musician, spoken-word artist, MacArthur Fellow.