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).

In this episode, Dr. Lum explores the vital role of traditional ecological knowledge in biodiversity conservation. Across the Pacific, there are powerful examples of how traditional practices ensured stable supplies of essential natural resources, such as kalo. By looking to ancestral knowledge, we can find meaningful solutions to today’s ecological challenges.

Brody Nakasone is studying guitar performance at the Berklee College of Music in Massachusetts. He stopped by Classical Pacific to share a glimpse into life of as a college studying studying in Boston at the prestigious jazz school.

More than a century after its premier, Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du Printemps) still packs a punch. The ballet infamously caused a riot during its first performance in 1913 at the Champs D’Elysees Theater in Paris due to its new groundbreaking sounds and dance. The music still gets a lot of attention today with a new transcription featuring two pianos and two percussions that will be performed in a concert this Sunday at Orvis Auditorium.

The Oʻahu Band Directors Association (OBDA) is in full rehearsal mode this week as students prepare for Saturday’s annual Select Band performances. After the high school band’s second rehearsal, Sharene Taba spoke with student musicians Maya Hokada, Nainoa Tindle, Aviv Tabori and Kaden Kojima about their experience participating in the program

This edition aired during the 30th UN Climate Conference in Belem, Brazil. The November 2025 conference focused on action, implementation and equity with an aim to get back on track with the Paris Agreement's intended road map.