Craig DeSilva
Host of Evening Concert (Monday, Wednesday, Thursday)Craig DeSilva is glad to be playing recorded music on the air instead of playing for a live audience on stage as did when he studied piano. He began piano lessons when he was a child and continued piano studies at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (where he majored in broadcast journalism and minored in music) under the late Peter Coraggio.
Craig got his start in radio as a news reporter and announcer on Hawaiʻi Public Radio and has filed stories for many national radio programs, including National Public Radio, Public Radio International, and Voice of America. Off the public radio airwaves, he’s written for Hawaii Business magazine and was assistant editor for Pacific Islands Report at the East-West Center.
Heʻs currently employed as a corporate writer at HMSA and writes for Island Scene magazine. Craig is a proud supporter of local arts and culture in Hawaiʻi. He serves on the volunteer board for Honolulu Chamber Music Series. And he enjoys sharing music on Evening Concert that highlights arts events in the Islands -- your requests are welcome.
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Helen Chao-Casano, director of Punahou Music School, visits Evening Concert to share her favorite classical music pieces in celebration of Classical Music Month.
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Jonathan Korth, president of Honolulu Chamber Music Series, talked to Craig DeSilva on Evening Concert about the upcoming 2023-24 HCMS season featuring some of the world's leading artists, including violinist Midori.
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Evening Concert celebrates the 105th birthday of the American composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein. Host Craig DeSilva spoke with University of Hawaiʻi professor and pianist Mari Yoshihara, author of “Dearest Lenny – Letters from Japan and the Making of the World Maestro.”
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Take a trip back in time to Italy with Hawaiʻi Vocal Arts Ensemble! Host Craig DeSilva talks to choral conductor Timothy Carney about the choral group's upcoming concerts.
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Evening Concert host Craig DeSilva speaks to conductor Susan McCreary Duprey about the Hawaiʻi premiere of Dan Forrest’s Jubilate Deo. Duprey will present the concerts with the Kona Choral Society on June 4 at the Hilton Waikaloa Village Resort and with the Windward Choral Society on June 11 at Kawaiahaʻo Church.This classical music conversation aired on May 24, 2023. Evening Concert airs weeknights from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on HPR-2, your home for classical music.
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The Kamuela Philharmonic Orchestra will have a special all-American concert this weekend for Armed Forces Day. The program will feature famous selections by George Gershwin, Aaron Copland, John Williams, and more. The concert will be on Sunday, May 21, at 2 p.m. in the Kahilu Theatre. Artistic director and conductor Brian Dollinger speaks with Evening Concert host Craig DeSilva about the concert.
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Honolulu bassist Shawn Conley and harpist Megan Conley love music and the environment. The couple talks to Evening Concert host Craig DeSilva about their Ocean Music Action concert that’s inspired by the ocean.
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British cellist Steven Isserlis talks about his first concert appearances in Hawaiʻi. The performances include music by Bach, Brahms, and Mendelssohn. Isserlis talks about performing in China, not performing in Russia, and what he did during the COVID-19 lockdown.
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Susan McCreary Duprey, artistic director and conductor of the Windward Choral Society and the Kona Choral Society, shares her favorite gospel and spiritual music for Black History Month. She also also previews the seventh annual “Guide My Feet: A Celebration of African-American Gospel and Spirituals.”
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Pianists Carlo Grante and Rebekah Dickinson speak with Evening Concert host Craig DeSilva about their concert recitals celebrating the 100th anniversary of Church of the Crossroads.