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Classical Music Conversations

HOT Valentine’s on Evening Concert

Hawaiʻi Public Radio | By Craig DeSilva

Published February 11, 2025 at 7:35 PM HST

Soprano Leslie Goldman opens her heart and voice to sing some of her favorite torch songs in a one-woman Valentine’s show. “Get Your Heart on with Leslie G.” is the latest in Hawaiʻi Opera Theatre's Studio 101 concerts this Friday, Feb. 14 at 6 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 16 at 4 p.m. at the Hawaiʻi Opera Theater Plaza.

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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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