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It’s Mia Yoshimoto’s last day. After three years as an executive assistant at Hawaii Public Radio, Yoshimoto is starting a new career in cosmetology. Before leaving HPR, she stopped by Evening Concert to share some of her favorite tunes from musical theater and opera productions that she’s worked on as a designer and wig master, including the I’m a Bright Kid Foundation’s recent production of Gypsy at Paliku Theater. -
A harpist with Hawai`i Youth Symphonyʻs YSI orchestra, Arabella Tan recently participated in a summer STEM program at MIT and is back home to work on WikiVisionʻs upcoming fundraising concert at ʻIolaniʻs Seto Hall. The free concert features student performers and raises money through donations to help uninsured and underinsured patients cover cataract surgery and post-op support.
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When Olga Kern won the Gold Medal prize of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, she was a new mother and hardly slept. Now on the piano faculty at the Manhattan School of Music and the Artistic Director and President of the Olga Kern International Piano Competition, Kern joins Classical Pacific host Sharene Taba in a conversation about Beethoven piano concerti, piano competitions and supporting young artists. Olga Kern is in Honolulu for the Grand Finale Weekend of Hawai`i Symphony Orchestraʻs Sheraton Summer Festival 2025. -
Home for the summer, Laura Dux has been interning with Hawaii Public Radio's The Conversation and brightening up the HPR newsroom. The hard-working Mililani High School alum started her career in acting but fell in love with radio. As the summer comes to a close, and before Dux returns to Los Angeles, Dux and Classical Pacific host Sharene Taba finally get a chance to sit and talk story. -
Kumu Hula Māhealani Uchiyama returns to Hawaiʻi with Pōpoloheno—Songs of Resilience and Joy, featuring an incredible lineup of artists and storytellers, including Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Kalani Peʻa. Peʻa rushes in from the airport to join Uchiyama and Classical Pacific host Sharene Taba to talk story about friendship and bringing songs to life. -
Long time collaborators Oboist Alex Hayashi and bassoonist Shuo Shelly Li perform Live at the Atherton on Saturday August 16th. The sold out concert highlights the duoʻs roots in Asia with music by AAPI composers.https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/events/atherton-concert-series -
Two distinguished pianists, Lisa Nakamichi and Angela Cheng visited Morning Café to discuss the upcoming Keʻalohi Piano Competition which gets underway on August 17 at the Orvis Auditorium. -
Jacquelyn “Jac” Holland-Wright returns to Hawaiʻi to honor Mr. Ronald E. Bright and the I’m A Bright Kid Foundation. Beginning this weekend, she takes the stage at Oʻahu’s Palikū Theatre as Mama Rose in "Gypsy." She joins Classical Pacific to share insights about her character and the people who make this production special. -
The award-winning American Jazz pianist Robert Glasper will be performing at the Blue Note Hawaiʻi on Aug. 9. Glasper joins one of his biggest fans, Sharene Taba, on Classical Pacific to talk about music genres, food in Hawaiʻi, and advice for young artists. -
In this episode of Classical Conservation Conversation, Dr. Shawn Lum imagines building a Biodiversity and Conservation Hall of Fame and inducts the late ichthyologist Dr. John Ernest "Jack" Randall for describing more than 830 species previously unknown to scientists. -
Violinist and educator Clara Kim collaborates with living composers to open this weekend’s Live from the Atherton Classical concert series. Her solo performance will feature works by six composers, showcasing the depth of her musical expertise. -
Composer, pianist, educator, and writer Gary Fukushima joins Hawaiʻi musicians Dean Taba (bass), Noel Okimoto (drums), and vocalist Rachel Gonzales for a concert this week at the Musicians' Association of Hawaiʻi. He stops by Classical Pacific to chat about writing for DownBeat magazine, teaching at CSU Northridge, and spending time with his Hawaiʻi family.
