Pianist and composer Kit Downes has been associated with Empirical, Troyka, Stan Sulzmann, Fraud and Acoustic Ladyland. He has won a BBC Jazz Award for Rising Star (2008), a Yamaha Scholarship (2009) and a British Jazz Award (2010). His trio's debut, Golden, was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize (2010) and the group have recently released their second album.
WE SERVE ARTISTS, COMMUNITIES AND AUDIENCES, AND WE OWE MOST OF WHAT WE DO TO BLACK CULTURE. IT IS OUR DUTY TO STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH ARTISTS, CREATORS AND COMMUNITIES WHO SUFFER INJUSTICE AND OPPRESSION. WE STAND AGAINST RACISM, VIOLENCE AND INEQUALITY. WE UNITE WITH OUR FRIENDS IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY ON BLACKOUT TUESDAY, 2 JUNE 2020. #blacklivesmatter #theshowmustbepaused
Kit Downes
piano, London
