Classical Music Conversations

Michael-Thomas Foumai on Classical Pacific

Hawaiʻi Public Radio | By Sharene Keliʻipunilei Lum Taba

Published February 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM HST

Michael-Thomas Foumai, the Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra's Susan Kosasa Composer-in-Residence, joins Classical Pacific host Sharene Taba for a lively and insightful conversation about Ludwig van Beethoven and the HSO’s Beethoven Festival. This week, the festival features two concerts, and over the next month, HSO will present all nine of Beethoven’s symphonies. Learn more.

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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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