Lara Downes
(Photo by Christine DiPasquale)
By Lou Fancher
February 15, 2016
Awarded a 2016 Sphinx Medal of Excellence given each year to distinguished, emerging classical artists of color, American pianist Lara Downes says the $50,000 career grant "just fell from the sky."
If it did, it was a sky painted with the deeply exploratory brushstrokes of a hardworking artist whose interest in classical music extends well beyond notes or technique in fingers on piano keys.
Awarded
a 2016 Sphinx Medal of Excellence given each year to distinguished,
emerging classical artists of color, American pianist Lara Downes says
the $50,000 career grant “just fell from the sky.” - See more at:
https://www.sfcv.org/article/lara-downes-on-how-to-make-music-matter#sthash.fVKwNk6r.dpuf
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