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

As she reflected on the death and destruction that permeated the headlines in late 2022 — the war in Ukraine, Uganda's Ebola outbreak and gun violence in the U.S. — pianist Lara Downes cast light on that darkness by uniting the voices of composers from today and centuries past.

She found a sense of purpose to heal and, which offers 24 works by composers from around the world.

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