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Extractions: American Ballads: Press Release POSTCARDS RECORDS RELEASES PIANIST LARA DOWNES' AMERICAN BALLADS Postcards Records is pleased to announce the release of classical pianist Lara Downes' second release, American Ballads , the follow up to the critically acclaimed Invitation to the Dance . This time around, Lara takes a look at American composers that have been influenced by the aural landscape that surrounded them, namely popular song, jazz, and folk music. American Ballads features compositions by Samuel Barber, Aaron Copland, Charles Ives and others, but one of the highlights of the CD is the world premiere recording of jazz saxophonist/composer Benny Golson's On Gossamer Wings , which Lara will debut at Lincoln Center in March 2001. American Ballads comes on the heels of Lara's whirlwind schedule last year. Her debut recording was received with open arms in the classical community. With many concerts around the United States and Italy completed, some of Lara's shows in 2001 are at Lincoln Center in March, the EdgeWise contemporary music festival in May, which includes Philip Glass, Kronos and Steve Reich. Lara will also perform selections from American Ballads at museums around the country for the Smithsonian American Art Museum's touring exhibit "Scenes of American Life". Currently an artist in residence at the University of California at Davis, Lara's heavy performance schedule is augmented with a four-part series of concerts entitled "Perspectives".
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Extractions: LARA DOWNES Young American pianist Lara Downes was born in San Francisco, where she began her piano studies at age five at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. She subsequently studied with Adolph Baller and Reah Sadowsky, and pursued her advanced studies in Europe at the Hochschule for Music in Vienna with Hans Graf and in the Concert Class of Rudolf Buchbinder at the Music Academy in Basel. She has also studied with John Perry in Los Angeles and Lilian Kallir and Jerome Lowenthal in New York. She has participated in summer master classes at the Tanglewood Institute, the Salzburg Mozarteum, and the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena. Since making her London debut in 1988 at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Ms. Downes has performed frequently throughout Europe, appearing as soloist with the Vienna Chamber orchestra and in recital in concert series and festivals in France, Italy, Austria, and Switzerland. She has recorded for Hessischer Rundfunk in Frankfurt. Ms. Downes made her New York debut at Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall in March of 1995. Her recent appearances have included recitals at the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series in Chicago, the French Library in Boston, the French Embassy in Washington D.C., and the La Gesse Festival in France. She has been heard on WFMT Chicago, and has recorded for the Helicon label. Her upcoming activities include performances of the Clara and Robert Schumann concertos with the Hartford Symphony, solo and chamber recitals throughout the United States, and tours of South America, India and South East Asia.
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Extractions: NEWS RELEASE POSTCARDS RECORDS RELEASES LARA DOWNES' INVITATION TO THE DANCE Postcards Records is pleased to announce the release of classical pianist Lara Downes' debut CD, Invitation to the Dance , a collection of solo classical pieces by 19th and 20th century Masters such as Liszt, Weber, Ravel, Chopin and Barber. All the pieces on the CD relate to popular dances of their time; it is a fascinating recap of where we've been on the dance floor over the last 200 years. Invitation to the Dance is the first classical release on the Postcards label since the Arkadia Entertainment Group acquired it in 1999. Under the leadership of Arkadia founder Bob Karcy, the acclaimed electro-acoustic avant-garde jazz label expanded its horizons to include classical and world music. Lara.Downes is the first artist to premiere a recording and the first classical artist as well. "Not many people have what Lara has," says Karcy. "She's an incredible virtuoso, she's funny, sophisticated, intelligent and she looks great too. She could be the next big thing in the classical world." Lara Downes has been hailed as one of the most promising young pianist today, and her choice of repertoire runs from the traditional to the avant-garde. Her recent projects include a Copeland Centennial recital, a newly discovered piano concerto by Clara Schumann, and a four-part recital series entitled This American Century. "I have been intrigued by the interdependence between music and dance" Lara says, "Dance, after all, is music in motion, the physical embodiment of sound." It seems only natural then that she would want to take on a project that tied together the two things she loves most.
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