Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra broadcasts return to HPR

Hawaiʻi Public Radio | By Craig DeSilva

Published April 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM HST

Hawaiʻi Public Radio has launched another series of Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra broadcasts. John Kalani Zak, host and producer of the HSO broadcasts, gave a preview on Evening Concert with host Craig DeSilva. The nine Halekulani Masterworks concerts were recorded during HSO's 2023-2024 season and feature a didgeridoo, a pianist from Rapa Nui, new works by composer-in-residence Michael-Thomas Foumai and more. Zak talks about the work involved in producing the concerts for the airwaves.

You can hear the concert broadcasts on Mondays at 8 p.m. following Evening Concert on HPR2. For a list of concert programs and artists, visit our Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra 2025 program page: https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hso

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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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