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Pianist Jon Nakamatsu joins Chamber Music Hawaii in concert this weekend. Nakamatsu talks about his Hawai`i ties, beautiful music, and how winning the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition changed his life.https://www.chambermusichawaii.org
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Maddie Bender is a producer on HPR-1's weekday news program, The Conversation. In this eclectic 90-minute segment, Maddie, a science journalist and clarinetist, shares her top picks, including music that she studied and performed and music that she discovered as a producer.
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Ahead of their Sunday October 13th concert, Artistic Director of Oahu Choral Society, Joshua Habermann visits with music and an invitation for the community to keep in touch and get involved with this 29 year old arts organization. More information about "Hidden Treasures: Latin American Baroque" can be found at http://www.oahuchoral.org
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HPR’s Senior Director of Marketing and Communications, Liberty Peralta, shares her top picks and her love of Muse and the K-pop sensation, Stray Kids. Learn more about the her work at HPR, Muse’s symphony, “Exogenesis,” and about K-pop’s creative integration of classical music.
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Dr. Lum discusses Pope Francis’ visit to nations across Oceania in early September. The Pope’s visit raises key environmental issues, including biodiversity loss, habitat destruction, and climate change. He shares that Pope Francis is among a handful of prominent conservation leaders who remind us that there is a simple reason to look after the Earth and all people and creatures who inhabit it - it is the right and just thing to do.
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Conductor Dean Williamson and composer Byron Au Yong join Morning Café to discuss “Stuck Elevator,” an opera based on the true story of a Chinese food deliveryman who survived 81 hours in a Bronx elevator.
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Hawaii Baptist Academy 9th grader, Nainoa Tindle is an oboist with Hawaii Youth Symphony's YS II, his school wind ensemble and the Oahu Civic Orchestra. Nainoa is also learning the flute, clarinet, violin, viola, and is helping to start an orchestra in his school.
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HPR’s Donor Relations Manager, Belinda Lucas, brings her musical selections to Classical Pacific. Hear about her work with HPR’s member services department while enjoying Belinda’s staff picks.
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Dr. Lum reflects on the many eventful environmental challenges that took place this summer, including heat waves, wildfires and storms. He shares excerpts from the UN secretary-general’s opening speech from the Pacific Islands Forum which emphasizes the impacts of climate change on the Pacific.
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Now a 10th grader at Punahou School, pianist & violinist Aya Okimoto revisits Tuesday Student Takeover with her new nonprofit organization, The World Wave Music Festival.
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John-Paul Brabant announces the casting call deadline for his one act musical, Small Songs After All. Written by Honolulu-based Brabant, it is the moving story of the two friends who created Steamboat Willie.
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Lillian Tsang is a Senior Producer on The Conversation. The former KTUH World Music DJ brings her massive CD collection to Classical Pacific for an energizing staff picks session.