Pianist and author Mari Yoshihara on Evening Concert

Hawaiʻi Public Radio | By Craig DeSilva

Published August 31, 2023 at 11:49 AM HST

Mari Yoshihara, author of “Dearest Lenny – Letters from Japan and the Making of the World Maestro.”

Evening Concert celebrates the 105^th 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.”

This classical music conversation aired on Thursday, August 24. Evening Concert airs weekdays, 6 to 8 p.m. on HPR-2, your home for classical music.

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Craig DeSilva

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.

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