Lara Downes

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Lara Downes is an American classical pianist and cultural activist who has made the popularization of classical music by women and black Americans one of her causes. [1] [2] [3] She was selected as the Classical Woman of the Year for 2022 by a poll of listeners to the radio program Performance Today . [4]

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She is host of the NPR show AMPLIFY with Lara Downes and is an Artist Ambassador for Headcount, working to promote participation in democracy through music. [5] On March 18, 2022, Downes was announced as the successor to the recently retired Jim Svejda. Since then, she has hosted "Evening Music", which can be heard Mondays-Fridays from 8 PM - midnight.

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