Cello & Piano
Dara + Kyle
A cello and piano duo listening closely, playing boldly, and making room for distinctive voices.
The duo
Music with a point of view.
Dara Hankins and Kyle P. Walker are a cello and piano duo dedicated to championing underrepresented voices and the music that speaks urgently to our time.
Their programs draw connections across centuries, styles, and communities—always with curiosity, care, and a lively sense of conversation.
Debut recording
Distinct Voices
A portrait of individual imagination, from Nadia Boulanger and George Walker to Astor Piazzolla.
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Archive
Selected performances
A continuing record of the duo's work onstage.
June 20, 2026
American Voices: Cello and Piano
West Village, New York, NY · 7:30 PM
An intimate program of distinctive American voices, including Brian Raphael Nabors, Jessie Montgomery, and Aaron Copland.
October 14, 2025
Crossing Traditions
Groupmuse · Brooklyn, NY · 7:30 PM
Jessie Montgomery, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, and Beethoven.
October 11, 2025
Peace, Variations & Standards
Winchester Gardens · Maplewood, NJ · 7:30 PM
Jessie Montgomery’s Peace, Coleridge-Taylor’s Variations for Cello and Piano, Beethoven, and jazz standards.
November 12, 2023
Chamber Voices
2nd Calvary Baptist Church · Norfolk, VA · 4 PM
Beethoven’s Cello Sonata in A major, Nadia Boulanger’s Three Pieces, and more.
April 6, 2023
Sonatas Across Generations
Berkeley, CA · 7 PM
Beethoven’s Sonata No. 5 and George Walker’s Sonata for Cello and Piano.
November 19, 2022
Le Grand Tango
Coffey Street Studio · Brooklyn, NY · 7:30 PM
Nadia Boulanger’s Three Pieces, George Walker’s Sonata for Cello and Piano, and Piazzolla’s Le Grand Tango.
October 22, 2022
Eclectic Series: Chamber Conversations
Bargemusic · Brooklyn, NY · 6 PM
Haydn, Nadia Boulanger, George Walker, and Astor Piazzolla.
The artists