Gene Schiller joined HPR in September, 1993 as a board operator. His first break came when he was asked to fill in for Music Director Alan Bunin. Six months later, he became the new host of Evening Concert, a program that runs on HPR-2 from 6 to 8 p.m. on weeknights.
Maestro Andrew Grams is in Hawaii to conduct the Hawai`i Symphony Orchestra in their 2025 Sheraton Summer Festival Grand Finale Weekend. Olgar Kern plays Beethoven on Friday, and on Sunday, the Final stage of the Ke`alohi International Piano Competition. Not knowing which concerti will be performed on Sunday, Grams brought multiple scores as well as his experience having conducted all of them, and the goal of creating the best orchestral performance for the soloists. myhso.org
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 facutly 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.https://www.myhso.org