Aloha International Piano Festival on Morning Café

Hawaiʻi Public Radio | By Gene Schiller

Published June 16, 2023 at 4:29 PM HST

Pianists Jon Nakamatsu and Alan Chow, plus founder Lisa Nakamichi stop by Morning Café discuss this season’s Aloha International Piano Festival.

The festival competition takes place on Saturday, June 17 at the UH Mānoa Orvis Auditorium. Learn more.

This classical music conversation aired on Friday, June 16, 2023.

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Gene Schiller

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.

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