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Chef Kwame Onwuachi wants everyone to have a seat at his table

Every dish tells a story for the award-winning New York chef, who creates menus inspired by his Nigerian, creole and South Bronx roots.

May 05, 2023
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  • Lara Downes
Pianist Lara Downes has released a new album of contemporary and historical works called <em>Love at Last</em>.

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Pianist Lara Downes heals loss with 'Love At Last'

Gathering music, new and old, from around the world, the thoughtful pianist finds the core of humanity amid the chaos.

April 24, 2023
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  • Olivia Hampton
Lara Downes performs a Tiny Desk concert.

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Lara Downes: Tiny Desk Concert

With a piano draped in spring flowers, Lara Downes plays a smart set of music, new and old, that offers the power of renewal.

April 21, 2023
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Jazz trumpeter Terence Blanchard's unexpected path into the opera house

The five-time Grammy winner has mounted two operas at the Metropolitan Opera, which until 2021 had never staged a work by a Black composer. Hear him discuss the future of opera with Lara Downes.

April 14, 2023
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  • Lara Downes

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Jessie Montgomery, composing from a place of self-honor

Watch Lara Downes' conversation with the composer-in-residence of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra about balancing her roots, her craft and the shifting field of classical music.

March 01, 2023
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  • Lara Downes
Host Lara Downes (left) talks with the young, Grammy-nominated jazz sensation Samara Joy.

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Lara Downes' season 3 of 'Amplify' launches with a theme of renaissance

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to pianist Lara Downes about her interview series Amplify, which examines how Black artists today might find themselves in a new cultural renaissance.

February 02, 2023
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Jazz singer Samara Joy embraces the past while making music for the future

Watch Lara Downes' conversation with the 23-year-old, Grammy-nominated sensation about balancing the demands of a surging career and the women artists who paved the way.

February 02, 2023
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  • Lara Downes
USA. Mississippi. Tunica. 1985.

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Songs to believe in: A Juneteenth playlist

This Juneteenth, pianist Lara Downes remembers the freedom that has been hard fought and hard won.

June 16, 2022
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  • Lara Downes
USA. Mississippi. Tunica. 1985.

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Songs to believe in: A Juneteenth playlist

This Juneteenth, pianist Lara Downes remembers the freedom that has been hard fought and hard won.

June 16, 2022
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