Early Music Hawaii director and president Scott Fikse and special guest lutenist John Lenti stopped by Morning Café to discuss this Saturday’s "Melancholy and Mirth" program at the Lutheran Church of Honolulu, featuring music by John Dowland and contemporaries.

Whether you’re on Team Montague or cheering for Team Capulet, you're sure to enjoy the Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra's month-long Shakespeare Festival. Two upcoming concerts feature the tragedy and romance of “Romeo & Juliet” in two ways – Prokofiev's ballet and Tchaikovsky's fantasy overture.

Apollo5 performs a wide, diverse range of concerts. The British a cappella vocal quintet is known for its distinctive blend and commitment to pushing the boundaries of traditional music. Evening Concert host Craig DeSilva spoke to Gus Perkins, Apollo5's bass, in preparation for their concert in Honolulu this weekend.

The Hawai‘i Chapter American Guild of Organists will hold their annual recital featuring concert organist Dr. Joy-Leilani Garbutt. An organist, musicologist, and an ardent advocate for gender-equity in the field of music, Dr. Garbutt will be playing music by women composers in a program that coincides with International Women’s Day.

Students from Hanahauʻoli School's After-School Enrichment Harp Class visited Classical Pacific's Tuesday Student Takeover for their annual on-air showcase. Aubrey, Gryffin, Atticus, Julia, Miho and Sally share about their after-school classes and enrichment activities and showcase their harp skills.

All the world's a stage, and all the men and women musicians of the Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra are merely players. The HSO kicks off its Shakespeare Festival this month. And, HSO's Michael-Thomas Foumai brought some Japanese anime friends to Evening Concert to talk about composer Joe Hisaishi conducting his music from Studio Ghibli. If music be the food of love, play on …

The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto is one of the most famous classical concert pieces to come out of China – a perfect blend of both eastern and western music. You can hear it performed at a Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra concert this week to celebrate the year of the fire horse for the Chinese Lunar New Year.

Galliard String Quartet’s Helen Liu (violin) and Yuseon Nam (violin) visited Morning Café ahead of “Galliard & Brass,” a concert that invites audiences to chamber music favorites spanning from Renaissance to Baroque and more.

Four years ago, the Parker Quartet celebrated its 20th anniversary with The Beethoven Project, a massive undertaking to perform the complete cycle of the composer’s 16 string quartets. They’re now taking on a new challenge with their Schubert Project, an exploration of the composer’s late chamber music works.

Listen to Sharene Taba's "Musical Matchmaker" special, featuring three contestants who did their best to woo our operations department colleague, Krystal, with romantic music selections and a Q&A session. The winner gets a romantic tour of HPR (and maybe a lifetime of happiness).