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Recycled Orchestra of Cateura on Classical Pacific

Hawaiʻi Public Radio | By Sharene Keliʻipunilei Lum Taba
Published October 27, 2024 at 11:11 AM HST

On the last stop of their tour, Chiara Bergonzi and Professor Favio Chavez of the Orquesta de Instrumentos Reciclados de Cateura (Recycled Orchestra of Cateura) speak to Classical Pacific about their program, hope, and the power to change other people's lives.
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Sharene Keliʻipunilei Lum Taba
Sharene Keliʻipunilei Lum Taba grew up in Pearl City listening to a variety of music – mostly in the car and the choice of the driver (Grandma, Mom, Dad, sister or brother). It ranged from Hawaiian to Japanese Enka to Top 40 to HPR. Sharene played the violin in school, and is now a professional freelance harpist and mother. She and husband jazz bassist Dean Taba love to play and listen to music, and are raising their children to celebrate the love of learning and of all kinds of music.
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