Benjamin Simon, conductor
Lara Nie, mezzo-soprano
Lara Downes, piano
Fresh from her success at our 2014 Gala, mezzo-soprano Lara Nie returns for the West Coast premiere of jazz leader Maria Schneider's triple-Grammy-winning 2013 Stories, based on works by Carlos Drummond de Andrade, one of Brazil's greatest poets. Also making her SFCO Main Stage debut is Bay Area pianist Lara Downes, "a magnetic force wrapped in flawless technique and a silken touch" (Musical Toronto). This Lara will perform the hauntingly beautiful Romantic piano concerto that Robert Schumann composed for his beloved wife, Clara.
Admission is free to all concertgoers!
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Lara Nie, mezzo-soprano
Lara Downes, piano
Fresh from her success at our 2014 Gala, mezzo-soprano Lara Nie returns for the West Coast premiere of jazz leader Maria Schneider's triple-Grammy-winning 2013 Stories, based on works by Carlos Drummond de Andrade, one of Brazil's greatest poets. Also making her SFCO Main Stage debut is Bay Area pianist Lara Downes, "a magnetic force wrapped in flawless technique and a silken touch" (Musical Toronto). This Lara will perform the hauntingly beautiful Romantic piano concerto that Robert Schumann composed for his beloved wife, Clara.
Admission is free to all concertgoers!
Benjamin Simon, conductor
Lara Nie, mezzo-soprano
Lara Downes, piano
Fresh from her success at our 2014 Gala, mezzo-soprano Lara Nie returns for the West Coast premiere of jazz leader Maria Schneider's triple-Grammy-winning 2013 Stories, based on works by Carlos Drummond de Andrade, one of Brazil's greatest poets. Also making her SFCO Main Stage debut is Bay Area pianist Lara Downes, "a magnetic force wrapped in flawless technique and a silken touch" (Musical Toronto). This Lara will perform the hauntingly beautiful Romantic piano concerto that Robert Schumann composed for his beloved wife, Clara.
Admission is free to all concertgoers!
read more
Lara Nie, mezzo-soprano
Lara Downes, piano
Fresh from her success at our 2014 Gala, mezzo-soprano Lara Nie returns for the West Coast premiere of jazz leader Maria Schneider's triple-Grammy-winning 2013 Stories, based on works by Carlos Drummond de Andrade, one of Brazil's greatest poets. Also making her SFCO Main Stage debut is Bay Area pianist Lara Downes, "a magnetic force wrapped in flawless technique and a silken touch" (Musical Toronto). This Lara will perform the hauntingly beautiful Romantic piano concerto that Robert Schumann composed for his beloved wife, Clara.
Admission is free to all concertgoers!
show less
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